Philips (PHG.AS) reported a near-tripling in third-quarter net profit, beating forecasts and pushing its shares to their highest since mid-2010 after two years of cutting costs, selling weak businesses and targeting new products at emerging markets.
The Dutch firm once...
Halliburton Co (HAL.N), the world's second-largest oilfield services company, on Monday reported a 17 percent rise in quarterly profit, lifted by especially strong performances in international markets such as Russia, Saudi Arabia and Angola.
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A few months ago, a group of Wall Street banks fashioned a risk-manager's worst nightmare to determine how they would survive. Luckily, it was all pretend.
In a staged simulation called Quantum Dawn 2, bank executives in charge of operations,...
There are many in Nigeria who want Isaac Success to hurry and grow up quickly. Admittedly one only has to watch him play for a couple of minutes as to see why people would be so selfish. They want...
Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola says his players must accept his decisions if the German side are to retain their Bundesliga title this season.
Bayern, who also won the German Cup and Champions League last term, are aiming for their...
Real Madrid's world-record signing Gareth Bale will play a part in Saturday's La Liga clash at Malaga after recovering from a thigh injury.
Bale, a £85.3m summer recruit from Tottenham, missed Wales's final World Cup qualifier in Belgium on Tuesday...
Manchester United midfielder Adnan Januzaj has committed his future to the club by agreeing a new five-year deal.
Januzaj, 18, scored both goals in his first competitive start for the Premier League champions in their 2-1 win at Sunderland on...
A Milan court on Saturday ruled that former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi should be barred from holding public office for two years following a conviction for tax fraud.
But, since Berlusconi is a senator, the court's decision will have no...
The future role of U.S. troops in Afghanistan after 2014, to be set down in a bilateral accord, will be put to an assembly of some 3,000 tribal elders and other prominent people next month, organizers of the meeting...
The S&P 500 closed at a record high for the second straight day on Friday to cap its biggest weekly gain in three months as stronger-than-expected earnings from Google, Morgan Stanley and others overshadowed worry that earnings growth was...
