Magazine disposals pay off for trade publisher Reed Elsevier November 8, 2012 PUBLISHING giant Reed Elsevier showed yesterday that a plan to dispose of most of its print operations is paying off, as it said all aspects of its business had grown in 2012. The FTSE 100 firm got rid of Hollywood magazine Variety this year, and has sold other trade publications such as Publishers Weekly in [...]
Snake anti-venom adds bite to profit hike at pharma firm BTG November 8, 2012 STRONG demand for snake anti-venom and cancer drugs helped BTG lift revenue 30 per cent to £143.4m in the half-year to the end of September, the firm said yesterday. The speciality pharmaceutical company was also boosted by the successful US launch of a treatment to prevent toxicity caused by cancer chemotherapy and growing royalties from [...]
CWC leaps as it beats forecasts ahead of selling off divisions November 8, 2012 SHARES in Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), the telecoms operator with operations in a number of former colonies, rose by just under six per cent yesterday as the company reported strong growth in its Macau operation. CWC beat predictions that revenue would be flat in the six months to October, posting a one per cent [...]
Olympic Games give boost to JD Wetherspoon after wet summer November 8, 2012 PUB chain giant JD Wetherspoon yesterday said a boost from the Olympic and Paralympic Games had led sales to rise by 11.1 per cent in the 13 week period to 28 October. The results suggested an upturn in the wider pub trade in late summer and early autumn, after wet weather in the previous quarter [...]
Lenovo defies gloom to become world’s biggest PC manufacturer November 8, 2012 CHINESE computing behemoth Lenovo recorded a 10 per cent increase in PC shipments in the three months to the end of September yesterday, a boost that is expected to mean it has overtaken Hewlett-Packard (HP) as the world’s biggest PC manufacturer. The company, which has been rapidly gaining market share as US and Japanese rivals [...]
3i Infrastructure returns improve November 8, 2012 Listed investment firm 3i Infrastructure posted rising returns yesterday in spite of subdued buying and selling activity. 3i Infrastructure, whose assets include stakes in Eversholt Rail Group, Anglian Water and an Indian road builder, said returns rose 94 per cent to £30.9m in the six months to the end of September, while net asset per [...]
Siemens aims to save £4.8bn November 8, 2012 German engineering conglomerate Siemens said yesterday it aims to save €6bn (£4.8bn) over the next two years as it fights to stay competitive in a weak global economy. The savings target was much higher than the €2-4bn analysts had expected, sending Siemens’ shares up four per cent – one of the biggest gainers in Europe. [...]
Micro Focus revenues in line November 8, 2012 Micro Focus, a software provider for 91 of the FTSE 100 firms such as Tesco and HSBC, said yesterday that in the past six months revenues were in line with the market for the period and earnings are slightly ahead of expectations. During the period the company reduced its net debt to $96.2m (£60.2m) from [...]
ENRC pins hope on Congo as its revenue sinks November 8, 2012 REVENUE at Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) decreased sharply in the nine months to September, as it said it would prioritise copper projects in the Congo. ENRC, which is the world’s largest ferrochrome producer, said yesterday that it had completed its five-year spending review and intends to focus on five key projects, including a ferroalloys [...]
AngloGold slashes spending amid crippling mine strikes November 8, 2012 SOUTH AFRICAN gold miner AngloGold Ashanti yesterday said it had cut its spending budget for this year, to shore up its balance sheet in the wake of strikes that have crippled much of the country’s mining industry. The miner will reduce its capital expenditure budget by $200m (£125m) to between $2bn and $2.1bn. It will [...]
