JD Sports Fashion plc (JD.L), the leading retailer of sports, fashion and outdoor brands, reported profit before tax from continuing operations of 44.71 million pounds for the 26 weeks ended August 1, 2015, compared to 23.75 million pounds in the prior-year period.
The number of employed persons increased by 0.1% in Latvia in the second quarter of 2015, compared to the previous quarter – the largest increase in the European Union, according to the latest data from the EU’s statistical bureau Eurostat, cites LETA.
Ocado has reported that it achieved sales of £272m for the 12 weeks up to 9 August, which was up 17.3% on the same period previous year. The company has previously talked about looking to north America and western Europe for a deal that would see it license its technology.
The use of position limits may be expanded to other contracts if upcoming legislation requires them, the exchange added in a statement. So the Fed needs other tools to influence rates. Markets are also split on what a rate move might mean for markets. He says that the outlook for...
The risk faced by the European Central Bank is very different from that of the Fed, and ECB president Mario Draghi is likely to ease monetary policy further with additional quantitative easing. Almost a decade has passed since the U.S. Central Bank has raised its benchmark...
It was unclear at this stage whether any of its staff, numbering around 15,000 in the United Kingdom and Ireland, would be affected. Its sales fell to $111.5 billion in its fiscal 2014 from $ 127.2 billion in fiscal 2011. Along with the layoffs, this cost consists of $700 million...
In a deal agreed with the Department for Transport, the Perth-based group’s East Midlands Trains subsidiary has agreed to invest £8 million directly to improve stations and on-board services and to offer mobile ticketing and add ticket machines.
There can be no certainty that an offer will be made or as to the terms on which any offer might be made and in the interim, it strongly advises shareholders to retain their shares and to take no action. It would combine AB InBev’s dominance of Latin America with...
Inditex, which also owns Pull & Bear, Massimo Dutti, and Bershka, added 94 new outlets around the world in the first half of the year, majority under the Zara and Zara Home brands.
So far President Obama has not indicated where he stands on the legislation, although the administration has taken some steps to allow the export of lightly refined oil and an exchange of crude oil grades with Mexico.
Analysts at Robert W. Baird lowered their price target on shares of FedEx (NYSE:FDX) from $200.00 to $195.00 in a report issued on Friday, StockTargetPrices.com reports.
The Saudi-led oil cartel said daily crude production outside of OPEC is likely to grow by 160,000 barrels next year, a figure 110,000 barrels lower than its estimate last month, largely because US oil production is slipping faster than expected.