Cientos de familiares y amigos se congregaron en la explanada donde se celebró el Festival Nova, lugar de la mayor masacre dentro de la oleada de ataques...
- 29/08/2009 02:00
LONDON. World stocks rose Friday, as strong earnings from consumer goods companies and a rise in European economic confidence suggested ...
LONDON. World stocks rose Friday, as strong earnings from consumer goods companies and a rise in European economic confidence suggested that household spending may slowly be picking up amid the economic downturn. The strongest reports came overnight from US computer maker Dell and French cosmetics company L'Oreal as well as from retailing giant Carrefour early Friday. Asian closed mostly higher, helped by the better earnings news and despite some jitters in Chinese markets, where concerns remain that Beijing may cut back on its stimulus measures.
HONG KONG. China Unicom Ltd. said Friday it will sell Apple Inc.'s iPhone in China this year, ending months of rumor about when the hit phone would make its long-delayed debut in the world's most populous mobile market.The phones are expected to go on sale in the fourth quarter under a multiyear deal struck between the two companies, Unicom executives said in Hong Kong. They declined to give financial details or reveal how much the iPhone would cost, saying only that the price would be "competitive."
BANGALORE. Tiffany & Co reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings on cost cuts, and the retailer raised its full-year outlook as demand for jewelry increased, sending its shares up more than 7 percent. The company, which reduced selling, general and administrative expenses by 14 percent in the quarter, said it was pursuing a more modest pace of store expansion this year.
LONDON. The Icelandic parliament has voted in favour of repaying more than $5bn to the governments of the UK and the Netherlands. The so-called Icesave bill will reimburse funds paid by the governments to compensate those who lost money in the Icelandic online bank Icesave. About 400,000 savers lost money when parent company Landsbanki collapsed last year.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dell Inc.'s second-quarter results reinforce what other tech heavyweights have shown recently about the health of the personal-computer industry: it's still wounded by the recession, but is staggering back to its feet, thanks to consumers, bargain prices and little "netbook" laptops for surfing the Internet. The Round Rock, Texas-based company reported Thursday that profit fell 23 percent and sales fell 22 percent in the May-July period.
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