Thursday, March 27, 2008

McCormick Reports Record Results for First Quarter of 2008 -- Sales increased 11%. Consumer business sales rose 10% and industrial business sales rose 13%. -- Earnings per share reached $0.39. On a comparable basis, excluding rest


... in local currency, led by gains in China. For the first quarter, consumer business operating ... of third-party contracts, the impact of the stock market conditions on its share repurchase program, fluctuations ...

Asian economic and business calendar -- to April 10


... expected to April 10 Thursday March 27 -Japan weekly capital inflows -Hong Kong Feb trade ... unemployment Friday March 28 -Japan Feb CPI, Tokyo March CPI -Japan Feb unemployment rate -Japan ... condition -Malaysia Feb industrial output -Malaysia end-March forex reserves -Czech Feb foreign trade -US Alcoa ...

Deutsche Bank Says Challenging Economic Conditions May Weigh-down FY08 Profit; Warns Of Write-downs


... profitability target for the year 2008. The German bank is expecting a pre-tax profit of ... the market turbulence and uncertainties in global equity markets. Meanwhile, the bank anticipates that its Private ...

Dollar edges up vs euro, but more weakness seen


... rate cut have been erased by forecast-beating German and French business confidence surveys and continued ... and rose to 99,74. Strong performance in equity markets helped boost risk appetite, propping up the ...

Egypts Torah Cement 2007 net profit soars 66 pct


... CAIRO, March 27 (Reuters) - Egypts Torah Portland Cement TORA.CA reported a 66 ... 384.74 million Egyptian pounds ($70.34 million), the stock exchange said on Thursday. Net profit stood at ...