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- Petrobras: Brazil's Oil Giant
- This Brazilian state-owned giant is the fastest growing oil company in the world. By owning some shares of Petrobras PBR, you can hedge your bets against rising prices at the pump.
- Videos 2008-07-04
- Wallstrip Gas and Oil
- Julie hits the streets to find out how badly the sky high oil prices are squeezing New Yorkers at the pump.
- Videos 2008-05-05
- Sonic Automotive Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from Matthew Fassler with Goldman Sachs. Unidentified Analyst Hi. It's actually Marc Andre filling in for Matt. Just quick question first, could you talk about your view of new margins going forward following after Cash For Clunkers and as inventories are...
- Earnings calls 2009-10-27
- Q-Cells to cut 500 solar jobs
- Q-Cells, the world's biggest manufacturer of solar cells, on Thursday announced it would sack almost 20 per cent of its workforce in response to a slump in demand and a sharp drop in the price for solar components.The company said it would cut "permanently" around 500 jobs at its...
- External links 2009-08-13
- Video games
- Better late than never. Sony's move to knock $100 off the price of its PlayStation3 gaming console will be cheered by would-be gamers put off by the gadget's rather formidable price tag. Before Tuesday's 25 per cent price cut, Sony's flagship console cost double that of Microsoft's entry-level Xbox...
- External links 2009-08-19
- Microsoft keeps Sony at bay
- Microsoft yesterday acted to consolidate its lead over Sony in the current generation of games consoles as it cut the price of its top-end Xbox 360 to counter a similar move last week by its Japanese rival.The cuts come at the start of the busy autumn season, which usually...
- External links 2009-08-27
- Flu vaccine price war hits high street
- Asda, the supermarket chain, has launched a price war for the seasonal flu vaccine with plans to offer injections at £8 each, undercutting high street rivals and the price it offered in its own stores last year.The company portrayed the move as a way to ease pressure on "struggling...
- External links 2009-09-21
- Nintento cuts price of Wii for the first time
- Nintendo on Thursday announced the first price cut for its Wii games console following declining sales and price competition from Microsoft and Sony.The Japanese company said the price of the Wii would drop $50, or 20 per cent, to $199.99 in the US on Sunday. Its price is also...
- External links 2009-09-23
- Walmart cuts toy prices early
- Walmart, the largest US retailer, has launched its earliest Christmas marketing campaign, announcing last week that it would cut prices on 100 popular toys to less than $10.The reductions on items such as a Barbie Rapunzel doll, Tonka toys and Play-Doh follow a similar promotion on a list of...
- External links 2009-10-04
- Matt Johnson Q&A: How to Price High Tech in Bad Times
- One of the lemming-like constants of business is that when times turn bad, many companies immediately figure that since they aren't making much anyway, they'll drop their prices. It sounds crazy when you state it so simply, but if you've been around for longer than a couple of business cycles,...
- Blog posts 2008-10-24
- Levi's Asks for Transparency and Media Buyers Balk
- Media buyers are shocked -- shocked! -- that Levi's wants to get an accurate idea of what agencies are paying for their ad buys. This is presented as some sort of confidentiality breach in today's Ad Age, which says that in the jeansmaker's recent agency review Levi's asked "shops to...
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Online Retailers Performances Slide: Q&A With ForeSee
- Apparently online retailers aren't satisfying shoppers lately. A recent study put out by Ann Arbor, Mich.-based research firm ForeSee Results reported that consumer satisfaction with e-retail fell three percent from last year. And to illustrate how bad things have gotten in the industry, the firm throws out a striking statistic:...
- Blog posts 2009-05-15
- Commodities Still Have Downside - Barron's
- In March, Barron's warned that the commodities bull market looked toppy. In September, it warned of a "further weakening" in the "forces that caused commodities to be overbought," which it warned "could turn into a rout." It did. Prices are down 53% from their July 3rd peak, which...
- External links 2008-11-09
- More Pain at the Gas Pump
- Gas prices have climbed a dollar a gallon, on average, since December. What's behind the price increase? Dean Reynolds explains.
- Videos 2009-06-10
- Why Oil Prices Are So Volatile
- Oil prices have been all over the map this past year: as high as $145 and as low as $30. Here's what's causing the big swings — plus some experts' bets on where prices are headed now. Crude Oil Prices 2000-Present ...
- Articles 2009-09-01
- Nestlé increases profit margins
- Nestlé increased its profit margins in the first half, as lower input prices and higher productivity counteracted tough trading conditions in many markets.The operating profit margin climbed by 0.3 percentage points to 14.1 per cent, while the margin for Nestlé's key foods and beverages business, excluding the highly profitable...
- External links 2009-08-12
- Four Mistakes to Avoid During Downturns
- As clients or customers shut their wallets, revenues decline, and balance sheets go into the red, it's tempting to try every trick in the book to stop the bleeding and stabilize your business. Survival is important, of course, but that's no way to position your business to prosper in the...
- Articles 2009-06-05
- Talk gets cheaper as India's mobiles price war hots up
- People once thought Indian mobile phone tariffs could not fall any further. Aggressive operators, such as Reliance Communications, boasted that their tariffs of one rupee per minute were the world's lowest.Not any more. In recent months, a wave of aggressive new entrants has played havoc with the market.Foreign operators,...
- News items 2009-11-02
- Orange gets taste of Apple as iPhone tariffs set
- Orange, the UK's third-largest mobile phone operator, yesterday unveiled its tariffs for Apple's iPhone, dashing consumer hopes for a price war over the popular handset in the run-up to Christmas.Orange will be selling the iPhone from November 10. Its tariffs are broadly similar to those of O2, the UK's...
- External links 2009-11-02
- Total profits hit by falling oil price
- Total, the French oil company, on Wednesday announced a drop in profits of 54 per cent, but said that it had stemmed the fall in its production.Total's third-quarter adjusted net income, which strip out gains from changes in the value of fuel inventories and one-off items, was ?1.87bn compared...
- External links 2009-11-04
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