In July, the growth of the composite consumer price index in the euro area reached its highest level since December 2012 – 2.1%, after an increase of 2% in June, according to data from Eurostat. Thus, finversia.ru wrote, inflation in the eurozone ...
Huawei, one of the leading manufacturers of smartphones in China, in the first half of the year increased its revenue by 1% in annual terms to 325 billion 700 million yuan. Operating margin was 14%. The company said that “ensuring the security ...
The net profit of Panasonic, one of the leading consumer electronics manufacturers, increased by 18% year-on-year in the first financial quarter, which ended in June, to 57 billion 400 million yen. Operating profit was 100 billion yen, increased ...
The German manufacturer of luxury cars BMW announced its intention to invest about 1 billion euros in the construction of a new plant in the Hungarian city of Debrecen. At the plant, which will produce up to 150,000 cars a year, more than 1,000 ...
GDP of Italy grew in the second quarter of this year by 0.2% compared to the first quarter, when the rise was 0.3%, according to the statistical agency Istat. Thus, the economic growth in Italy has slowed, but coincided with the forecasts of ...
The economy of the eurozone in the second quarter grew at the weakest pace since the second quarter of 2016. According to preliminary data of Eurostat, GDP of the euro area grew by 0.3% compared to the first quarter and by 2.1% in annual terms. ...
British oil company BP in the second quarter increased the adjusted by cost of reserves replacement profits 3.2 times in annual terms to 1 billion 789 million dollars due to higher oil prices and increased production. According to the results ...
Apple devices can fall under new US tariffs on products manufactured in China, which, in turn, can lead to higher prices for company products, the Financial Times reported. Smart watches, speakers and headphones, representing the fastest growing ...
Journalists of The Independent initiated a petition calling for a referendum on the final conditions for the withdrawal of Britain from the European Union. The petition has already collected signatures of about 378 thousand Britons, and the ...
Oil prices showed growth on Monday amid continuing risks of supply disruptions. Because of the beginning of the workers' protest action, three deposits in the North Sea reduce oil production. The supply of oil by Saudi Arabia through the Bab-el-Mandeb ...
In July 2018, the consolidated business and consumer confidence index in the euro area economy fell to the lowest since August 2017, to the value of 112.1 points from 112.3 points in June, the European Commission reported. Analysts had predicted ...
In the second quarter of this year, GDP of Sweden increased by 1% compared to the first quarter, when its growth was 0.7%, according to preliminary official data. Analysts had predicted a slowdown to 0.5%. Compared to the same period last year, ...
In the second quarter, the economy of Latvia, adjusted for seasonal fluctuations and adjustments for working days, increased by 0.8% compared to the previous quarter, when growth was 1.5%, according to preliminary data from the Bureau for Central ...
Consumer prices in Germany, calculated according to national standards, increased in July by 2% in annual terms after growth of 2.1% in June, preliminary data of the Office for Federal Statistics show. Analysts had expected the index to grow ...
Approved applications for mortgages in the UK reached a 5-month maximum in June 2018, the Bank of England said. In June, creditors approved 65 thousand 619 mortgage loans in comparison with approved in May 64 thousand 684 loans. Growth in consumer ...
Foreign Minister Wang Yi, speaking to journalists after a meeting with British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt, said that the countries agreed to strengthen trade ties and increase mutual investment. Jeremy Hunt noted that the Chinese Foreign ...
The American company Caterpillar, the world's largest producer of road construction and mining equipment, said that in the second quarter, its net profit increased 2.1-fold year-on-year to $1 billion 710 million. Adjusted earnings increased ...
The largest US oil company ExxonMobil in the second quarter increased its net profit by 18% year-on-year to $3 billion 950 million. Earnings per share were 92 cents, while analysts had predicted $1.5 per share. Revenue reached 73.5 billion ...
Twitter reported that in the second quarter the number of its users decreased by 1 million compared to the first quarter, to 335 million. As finversia.ru wrote, on this background, Twitter shares during early trading on the New York Stock Exchange ...
Moody's Corporation, which owns one of the world's largest rating agencies, reported a second quarter increase in its net profit to 376 million 200 thousand dollars from 312 million 200 thousand dollars for the same period last year. Adjusted ...