GlaxoSmithKline just announced by Dow Jones newswire that profits were rising by 66% to $2.6 billion for last 3 months of 2009. This total was helped by swineflu vaccine sales for the H1N1 virus. "Glaxo said “it would increase its restructuring efforts and will seek to cut...
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San Jose, CA, November 10th, 2009 -- Yesterday, in a witty post on their Facebook fan page, Staples announced that they would be leaking some of their best Black Friday deals this morning to their faithful Facebook fans. Sure enough, around 6:00am (PST) today,...
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" The US economy grew at an annual pace of 3.5% between July and September, its first expansion in more than a year. The growth was helped by a substantial government spending plan, including a scrappage scheme to...
"Boycott Scotland," an unexpected online rant, is not likely to cause US consumers to stop buying Scottish goods and services, says Scottish First Minister. The “Boycott Scotland” campaign made the news...
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This is good news but limited in scope and effect. There are still millions of foreclosed houses unsold. This does not indicate the recession is over or even easing up but it the numbers continue to go up in the...
By Bob McCarty at BobMcCarty.com Look at the statements below, then try to guess the identity of the person Lou Pritchett was describing as someone who “scares” him in a letter published May 19 at...
"Motorists who have traded in their old vehicles for new cars under the Government’s scrappage scheme visited Downing Street this morning as it was revealed more than 35,000 cars have been ordered through the...
"Here was what was supposed to happen: With telco-friendly Republican Congress members swept out of the way, Democrats would usher in legislation enshrining Network Neutrality principles and give the FCC the power...
Did Rap Kill The Black Male Singer?By Pearl Jr. How many of you know who the best selling Black male singer in the world for 2008 was? I bet you'll never get this right, without a few clues. Well, he's 50 years old, considered washed up and too controversial...
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With cinemas recording record breaking returns, Hollywood is eagerly anticipating the launch of the first movie-futures market. source link: http://www.money.co.uk/article/1002973-investors-lured-to-the-movies-by-record-breaking-ticket-sales.htm
" U.S. retail sales jumped 1 percent in January, reversing a six-month declining trend and defying economists' expectations by posting the biggest increase in 14 months."This is good news. It certainly ...
Gossip magazines seem to be the only category within the consumer magazine industry in Canada that are seeing increased sales - even as most other titles are posting significant declines in readership and ad...
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Synopsis: 1,788 Mahindra XYLOs sold between January 16 – January 31, 2009 XYLO bookings cross the 4,000 mark Mahindra ramps up production to meet demand XYLO website registers over 7 lakh hits till date February 2, 2009, Mumbai: Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., (M&M),...
What can I say?"Beleaguered Citigroup is upgrading its mile-high club with a brand-new $50 million corporate jet - only this time, it's the taxpayers who are getting screwed. Even though the bank's stock is as cheap as a gallon of gas and it's burning through a $45 billion...
Oh how the mighty have fallen - Toyota has overtook GM as the No. 1 global sales leader in 2008 with a 11 percent drop in global sales. To make matters worst, GM is continuing to decline as their shares fell to...