AP – Lukoil, Russia’s second-largest oil producer, said Tuesday its second-quarter net profit dropped 16 percent from a year ago to $1.9 billion due to a rise in export duties and cost inflation.
Also tagged business, export-duties, its-second-quarter, lukoil, oil-producer, russia, tuesdayAP – The CEO of Carrefour SA on Tuesday said his three year turnaround plan is “profoundly changing” the French retailer, which reported a net profit of euro82 million ($104 million) in the first half.
Also tagged 104-million, carrefour, euro82-million, jacques-brinon, olofsson, paris, photo, presentation, results-outside, smiles-before, the-first, tuesday, turnaround-planAP – Heineken NV, the world’s third-largest brewer, said Wednesday its first-half net profit rose by 42 percent thanks to one-time financial gains, cost cutting and positive currency effects.
Also tagged business, cost-cutting, heineken, its-first-half, one-time-financial, the-world, wednesday, worldAP – Cement maker Holcim is blaming a slow construction recovery in Europe for a 12 percent drop in second-quarter net profit to 399 million Swiss francs ($383 million).
Also tagged 383-million, 399-million, business, cement, europe, holcim, percent-drop, slow-construction, swissAP – Staffing company Adecco SA posted a second-quarter net profit of euro97 million ($127 million) Wednesday as demand in major economies recovered from the global downturn.
Also tagged 127-million, adecco, business, euro97-million, from-the-global, global, major-economies, staffing, the-global, wednesdayAP – Trans-Atlantic stock exchange operator NYSE Euronext said Tuesday it earned $184 million in the second quarter as it saw a jump in revenue from derivatives trading and eliminated one-time charges recorded last year.
Also tagged 182-million, 184-million, business, franklin, photo, the-second, tuesdayAFP – German retail giant Metro posted Monday a 15.4 percent drop in second quarter net profit to 44 million euros (57 million dollars), well below analyst’s forecasts owing to restructuring charges and higher interest payments.
Also tagged business, german, metro, million-dollars, million-euros, second-quarter, steffi-loosReuters – BNP Paribas , France’s biggest listed bank, posted higher-than-expected second-quarter net profit thanks to lower loan provisions and strong retail banking, despite volatile financial market conditions.
Also tagged biggest-listed, bnp, business, despite-volatile, financial-market, france, lower-loan, paribas, strong-retailReuters – Honda Motor Co (7267.T) raised its full-year forecasts after posting a record quarterly net profit on Friday, while brisk sales returned France’s Renault to profit in the first half.
Also tagged business, france, friday, hanai, honda-motor, nissan, nissan-motor, the-first, tokyo, woman-walksAFP – Japan’s number three automaker Nissan Motor on Thursday announced a soaring quarterly net profit on sales of cars in Asia, stronger auto demand in the United States and cost cuts.
Also tagged afp, business, japan, kitamura, motor-on-thursday, nissan-motor, number-three, profit-on-sales, thursday, toshifumi-kitamura, united