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Business inventories increased by less than expected in the month of August, according to a report release by the Department of Commerce on Wednesday, with the report also showing a substantial decrease in business sales.
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Prudential has lifted sales by 15 per cent this year in what the group's head called "a flight to quality" as the markets weaken. It also moved to calm investor fears over its levels of capital yesterday and admitted interest in American Insurance Group's Asian business.
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Thursday remained busy in Europe with several key statistical data being released from many countries. While a decline was witnessed in French business confidence for October, consumer spending showed resilience in September. Out of Eurozone, official data showed that UK retail sales fell in September. In other news, the Swedish central bank lowered its key interest rate and hinted at more to come.
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Fortune Brands lowered its profit forecast for the year 20 percent.
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Hiroshima, Oct 30, 2008 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation today reported its financial results for the first half of fiscal year (FY) 2008 (April-September) and its full-year forecast.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Department store chain Mervyns has received court approval to begin its going-out-of-business sales, and its liquidators are ready to start clearing out its stores on Friday.
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AUSTRALIAN business confidence is rapidly deteriorating as a result of the global financial crisis, with almost two thirds of companies participating in a new survey reporting a decline in sales.
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Jim Schuster, chief executive of Cessna's parent, has warned employees of 'very serious challenges' facing the group 'due to the unprecedented worldwide economic decline'
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Results of the German Ifo Business Survey are expected to make news on Monday along with Eurozone industrial new orders data.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nationwide sales of existing homes fell more than expected last month, as economic fears made buyers leery even though prices plunged to the lowest level in more than four years. And the decline is expected to get worse because October's results reflect sales contracts signed before Wall Street's nosedive....
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Hewlett-Packard Co. edged past Wall Street's forecast for the latest quarter, showing some resilience in troubled times, as strong laptop sales helped offset falling printer orders and weakness in some server lines.
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p Business leaders warned of a Christmas sales meltdown today after a bigger than expected fall in high street sales in the first half of November. /p
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Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha gets a show of support from the World Bank for reform efforts. Also this week: the IMF offers Turkey a loan to help it deal with the global financial crisis, and the Slovenian telecommunications company
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The German automaker Daimler said sales in its Mercedes-Benz Cars group dropped more than 25 percent in November to 84,500 vehicles worldwide.
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Costa coffee shop and Premier Inn owner Whitbread said sales have benefited as business users switch to budget hotels.
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The holiday cheer may be flowing in its usual copious quantities this Christmas and New Year, but the booze industry is bracing for a recession-sized hangover for some of the pricier prestige items like icewine and Champagne.
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Look for deals at 'going out of business sales', but be aware of some potential pitfalls. Clark Howard reports.
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Dell will reorganize its divisions focused on selling to business customers, with the new units focused on types of customers instead of geographic regions, the company announced Wednesday.
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Monday, UK-based The Restaurant Group Plc (RTN.L) reported a 1.5% increase in like-for-like sales for fiscal 2008. The company also said it anticipates results for the year ended December 28, 2008 to be in line with management's expectations.
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Family Dollar Stores, Inc, a discount retail chain, is slated to release its first quarter 2009 results before the market opens on Wednesday. Family Dollar, a Fortune 500 company, is expecting year-over-year growth in earnings, in line with market projections, on strong consumable merchandise sales.
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UK-based retail bakery chain Greggs Plc Wednesday said its total sales for the financial year grew 7.1%, including like-for-like sales growth of 4.4%, and that it expects to report 2008 results in line with expectations.
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Bankruptcy trustees in Calgary are gearing up for more business because of the recent financial crunch, which forced a developer and a junior oil and gas company into receivership.
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John Lewis Partnership, the employee-owned store chain seen as a barometer of the retail sector, said early Christmas shoppers and a demand for warmer clothing as autumnal weather set in lifted trading last week.
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Deaths linked to the hospital superbug MRSA reached record levels in Scotland last year, with the number recorded more than double that logged seven years ago.
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Charles Gibson talks to retirees, farmers and diner patrons.
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Mod-home companies benefit from the mortgage mess.
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PepsiCo, the nation's second-largest beverage company, said Friday it was launching a new marketing campaign to refocus attention on soft drinks, which have seen lagging sales.
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Online payday loan companies are using increasingly aggressive marketing tools, according to debt advisors.
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Cuba is limiting how much basic fruits and vegetables people can buy at farmers' markets, irritating some customers but ensuring there's enough — barely — to go around.
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A meeting of the European Business Association devoted to preparation to Euro-2012 took place in Donetsk (East Ukraine)
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Businesses can reduce the cost of car provision for employees by going green, it has been claimed.
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Consumer borrowing has increased to £5.9 billion in the year's second quarter, new figures show.
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Sales dropped 0.5% at John Lewis last week an improvement on the 8.3 per cent fall a week earlier.
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Microsoft Corp.'s Japanese unit aims to achieve its domestic sales target of one million units for the Xbox 360 video game console as quickly as possible, a senior official told Jiji Press on Friday. Microsoft Co., the U.S. software giant's
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Used automobile sales in Japan fell 4.2 pct in the fiscal first half from a year before to their lowest level in 23 years, an industry group said Friday. The drop was attributed to a decrease in the number of
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RETAIL sales have suffered their biggest drop in almost a quarter of a century as recession-hit shoppers stay away in their droves.
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