PEPSICO RAISES PROFIT FORECAST ON LOWER COSTS
Date: 10 February 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
PepsiCo Inc raises its profit forecast for 2004 and revises earnings higher for last two years because it overstated stock option expenses (S)
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9th of February 2004 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on February 9, 2004
ABBOTT LABS CLEARED TO MAKE DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS
Date: 10 February 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Abbott Laboratories wins Food and Drug Administration approval of 11 products used to identify diseases like hepatitis and prostate cancer, overcoming delay caused by manufacturing violations; tests should reach markets within six months (S)
Police Question Ex-Chief of Skandia
Date: 09 February 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Swedish police question Lars-Eric Petersson, former Skandia chief executive; have freed former executives Ulf Spaang and Ola Ramstedt; three are suspected of billing financial services company for apartment renovations (M)
Profit Taking Is Cited as Indexes Register Some Declines
Date: 10 February 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Standard & Poor's 500-stock index loses 2.95 points, or 0.3 percent, to 1,139.81; Dow Jones industrial average drops 14 points, or 0.1 percent, to 10,579.03; Nasdaq composite index falls 3.44 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,060.57; graph; chart (M)
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 09 February 2004
INTERNATIONAL A3-7 Anti-U.S. Plea to Al Qaeda Is Discovered in Iraq American officials displayed a detailed proposal that they said came from insurgents inside Iraq written to senior leaders of Al Qaeda asking for help in waging a ''sectarian war'' in Iraq in the next months. A1 Several of the biggest political parties in Iraq say they are determined to keep their well-armed militias, who number in the tens of thousands, despite American opposition to the idea. The Iraqi parties contend that the militias remain necessary in light of the lack of security throughout the country. A1
Technology Briefing | Hardware: EMC Speeds Up Top Machines
Date: 10 February 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
EMC Corp, maker of data-storage computers, doubles speed of its top machines (S)
World Business Briefing | Australia: Foster's Executive To Retire
Date: 10 February 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
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Wholesale Inventories Up 0.6%, The Biggest Increase in a Year
Date: 10 February 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Commerce Department reports wholesale inventories rose 0.6 percent in December, biggest rise in year; increase, to $294.5 billion, is lead by autos and petroleum; sales climbed 1 percent after 0.6 percent rise in November; inventories relatives to sales dropped to 1.17 months' supply from 1.18 in November (S)
Disney Defends Chief
Date: 10 February 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Walt Disney Co's board says campaign by former directors Roy E Disney and Stanley P Gold to oust chief executive Michael D Eisner is misleading and distracted company's leaders from turnaround that started last year; board defends Eisner in letter to shareholders; Disney and Gold want shareholders to withhold votes for Eisner before March 3 annual meeting (S)
World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: Tunnel Operator Needs Funds
Date: 10 February 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Eurotunnel warns it might not survive without another major overhaul of its debt as it cuts value of its assets and posts net loss of 1.9 billion euros ($2.4 billion) for full year; graph (S)