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ProStrakan, the Borders-based pharmaceutical company, yesterday said it was on track to break even next year and that it expects its full-year results to be in line with expectations.
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AstraZeneca is set to receive a boost to sales of its cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor after a study showed it significantly reduced the risk of severe heart attacks
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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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Dairy Milk firm Cadbury today said UK sales rose 11% as consumers showed little sign of giving up on chocolate treats in the current turmoil.
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Wednesday, UK-based education and information company Pearson Plc (PSO, PSON.L) said it continued to perform well in the third quarter. In its trading update, the company stated that headline sales for the first nine months of fiscal 2008 grew 12%, and 8% in constant exchange rates. Further, Pearson said it is trading in line with expectations, and that fiscal 2008 adjusted earnings per share are estimated to be toward the top end of current market estimates, based on stability in the recent str
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Genentech reported that sales of its cancer drug Avastin topped Wall Street estimates, even though third-quarter earnings fell short of analyst expectations because of higher costs.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Online auction site eBay Inc. said Monday it will institute a global ban on the sale of all ivory products starting next year....
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Starting next year, eBay will ban the sale of ivory products.
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General Dynamics reported a 16 percent rise in profit yesterday on higher sales to the U.S. Navy as it delivered the newest nuclear powered submarine.
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Thursday, drug maker Celgene Corp. (CELG) reported third-quarter earnings that more than tripled from last year on the strength of its flagship cancer drugs Revlimid and Thalomid and the newly added Vidaza.
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Coke's largest bottler underlined the weakness of US consumer demand as it forecast a 10 per cent fall in sales volumes in the fourth quarter, while higher commodity and concentrate prices led it to cut its earnings guidance sharply
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Toyota has suffered its first quarterly sales decline since the months after the September, 2001 terrorist attacks, underscoring Japanese carmakers' growing vulnerability to the worldwide motor industry slump
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Sales of existing homes rose in September as buyers in some of the hardest-hit real estate markets snapped up foreclosures at bargain prices, a real estate industry trade group reported yesterday.
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Giving herbs, vitamins and other natural health products to children taking the blood-thinning drug warfarin for congenital heart defects could increase their risk of clots and bleeding, doctors said Monday.
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British life insurer Aviva Plc Tuesday reported a 12% rise in its nine-month sales, as good performance by its European and U.S businesses, counterbalanced lower domestic results. The company also confirmed its strong capital position, benefiting from reduced equity market sensitivity, despite the impact of market turmoil.
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Jones Apparel posted a slightly better-than-expected quarterly profit, but cautioned sales trends are in steep decline due to the financial crisis.
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Shire has announced a 28pc increase in revenue as its new attention deficit disorder drug Vyvanse helped to drive sales.
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Unilever Plc Thursday reported a surge in its third-quarter profit, driven by disposal gains, along with a modest 2% increase in total turnover. The company said it expects fiscal 2008 underlying sales growth significantly higher than its long-term target range.
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Avon posted a 60 percent increase in third-quarter profit, but adjusted earnings missed expectations and the company’s shares fell to a seven-year low on Thursday.
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Both of Southern California's largest independent video game publishers post third-quarter losses. Activision is upbeat about holiday season sales. The video game industry's rising tide has not lifted all boats.
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Consumers worldwide who are watching their spending bought more burgers and chicken breakfast biscuits at McDonald's in October, leading to a big rise in sales at established locations for the fast-food leader.
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RESTAURANTS Dollar items lift McDonald's sales
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Best Buy, the largest US electronics retail chain, warned that a 'seismic' fall-off in sales would hit its third quarter earnings, just three days after its rival, Circuit City, filed for bankruptcy protection
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Sainsbury's touted its discount grocer credentials yesterday, as it delivered booming sales of own-label value lines and won over customers from the upmarket grocers Marks & Spencer and Waitrose during the credit crunch.
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Revenues of the PC maker hit $33.6 billion, with adjusted earnings of $1.03 per share. That's "another solid quarter," CEO Mark Hurd says, as it digests EDS.
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But the Semiconductor Industry Association says it expects chip sales worldwide to resume growth in 2010.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Described in publishing circles as America's answer to Harry Potter, the teen-age vampires of "Twilight" may reach a wider audience when the movie of the book comes out on Friday with the publisher hoping for a surge in book sales.
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Details: Specialty Food Sales Representative for Chicago and Suburbs
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Not even some of the most highly sought-after properties in London are exempt from the credit crunch, it has been found, as a banker recently forfeited £500,000 when he pulled out from a purchase.
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Aggressive price-cutting by retailers over the Thanksgiving holiday brought economically battered shoppers into stores in droves, according to spending estimates for the weekend that marks the symbolic start of the US shopping season
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New figures confirmed that consumers who had been sitting on their wallets pulled them out for Black Friday, giving the nation’s retailers a much-needed sales spike.
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Tesco reported today a slowdown in sales growth, with UK like-for-like sales, excluding petrol, up just two per cent for the last three...
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HELSINKI/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sales of mobile phones are shrinking faster than expected as consumers are cutting spending, the world's top mobile phone maker Nokia said on Thursday in its second warning in three weeks.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators remain concerned about serious risks from a class of asthma drugs and will ask U.S. advisers next week if approval for treating the lung disease should be revoked, documents released on Friday said.
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ProStrakan, the Borders-based pharmaceutical company, yesterday said it had received marketing clearance in Germany for its cancer pain drug, Abstral.
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The ban on futures trading in rice, wheat, urad and tur might be withdrawn in the next couple of weeks as inflationary pressures have already eased, according to BC Khatua...
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The shoe and apparel company says its profit grew 9 percent on strong sales overseas — and despite weak domestic sales.
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NAGOYA, Japan (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp, the world's biggest automaker, on Monday forecast its first ever group operating loss due to a relentless global slide in car sales and a crippling rise in the yen.
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A review begins into decisions on funding a cancer drug after apparent inconsistencies were highlighted.
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Supermarket chain Waitrose reports a 41% surge in sales for Christmas week, despite the economic slowdown.
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DEARBORN, Mich (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co expects industrywide December U.S. auto sales to drop by some 35 percent from a year earlier with no sign of a turnaround in the first quarter of 2009.
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Traditional, friendly and convenient were words used by shoppers yesterday to sum up the key to the success of John Lewis after the partnership returned record sales figures over the Christmas period.
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Traditional, friendly and convenient were words used by shoppers yesterday to sum up the key to the success of John Lewis after the partnership returned record sales figures over the Christmas period.
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