German chemical and pharmaceutical concern Bayer in the first quarter reduced its net profit by 6.2% in annual terms to 1 billion 950 million euros. Analysts had expected profits at the level of 1 billion 530 million euros. The decrease is ...
The Netherlands furniture group IKEA, which owns and operates 362 IKEA department stores in 29 countries, announced its intention to cut 150 jobs in Sweden, the Netherlands and Belgium as part of the plan to reorganize global functions. The ...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported that the growth in the volume of world passenger air travel accelerated in March to 9.5% in annual terms from 7.6% in February. The March growth rate was the highest for the last year. ...
The European Commission called on Germany, Europe's largest economy, to increase payments to the EU budget in the next 10 years to 12 billion euros a year after the UK's withdrawal from the EU. Germany, as the largest payer in the Union's budget, ...
DowDuPont, formed as a result of the merger of two chemical giants Dow Chemical and DuPont, in the first quarter increased its net profit from continuing operations to 1.1 billion dollars compared to a profit of 888 million dollars for the ...
The European Commission confirmed the forecast for GDP growth in the eurozone in 2018 at 2.3%, since, in its view, the weakening of the rise in the first quarter is temporary. The growth forecast for 2019 is kept at the level of 2%. The EC ...
Consumer prices in Turkey rose in April to a maximum of 4 months 10.85% from 10.2% in March, according to official data. The largest increase in prices was recorded in housing, utility services, transportation, household appliances, clothing ...
The Czech automaker Skoda Auto, part of the Volkswagen concern, reported first-quarter profit growth of 5.3% year-on-year to a record-high of 437 million euros. Quarterly revenue of 4 billion 547 million euros also became a record, increased ...
In April, the growth in consumer prices in the euro area in annual terms slowed to 1.2% from 1.3% a month earlier, according to preliminary data from Eurostat. Without taking into account the price of energy, food and alcohol, consumer prices ...
Canadian engineering company Bombardier, following the results of the first quarter, reported on net profit growth 7.3 times to 44 million dollars, the finversia.ru project wrote with reference to the company's accounts. Diluted profit in terms ...
The economy of the euro area in the first quarter increased by 0.4% compared to the last quarter of 2017 and by 2.5% compared to the same period last year, preliminary data of the Statistical Agency Eurostat showed. GDP growth slowed down compared ...
American company Amazon has launched the delivery of parcels not to the porch of the house or to the mail box, but directly into the trunk of the client's car. The delivery scheme to the trunk of the car is the same as the delivery to the house ...
To settle the regulators' allegations against Goldman Sachs Group, related to violations in the foreign exchange market, the bank will have to pay 110 million dollars. According to Dow Jones, the bank will pay to the Federal Reserve System ...
The net profit of the American corporation Apple in the second fiscal quarter ended March 31 reached a record 13.8 billion dollars against 11 billion dollars a year earlier. Experts had expected the figure at $13.5 billion. Revenues rose 16% ...
World prices for non-ferrous metals rose on Wednesday, when trading in mainland China was resumed after two holidays, Bloomberg reported. The leader of growth was nickel. At the London Metal Exchange, the value of its contract with delivery ...
In April, US factories slowed their activity for the second month in a row amid rising raw material prices due to the application of duties on imports of steel and aluminum, Reuters reported. According to the survey of the Institute for Supply ...
The number of employed people in the private sector of the US increased in April by 204 thousand. Compared with the growth in March, growth rate in April slowed. Analysts had predicted an increase of 200 thousand. Small enterprises increased ...
The index of supply managers in the euro area fell in April to 56.2 points from 56.6 points in March, the final data of IHS Markit showed. The April figure was minimal for 13 months. According to IHS Markit/BME, in Germany, the purchasing managers' ...
The purchasing managers' index in the construction sector in the UK increased to 52.5 points in April from 47 points a month earlier, the IHS Markit survey showed. The March value of the index was minimal for 20 months. In April, the construction ...
In the first quarter of 2018, the profit of Standard Chartered before tax grew by 20% year on year to $1 billion 260 million, thanks to the increased demand for loans and improved asset quality. Analysts had predicted the figure at 1 billion ...