Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 30, 2012
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Starbucks Corp will open its first coffee shops in India in August or September, a year later than originally planned, and aims to have 50 outlets by year-end through a tie-up with the Tata group, the country’s biggest business house.



Source >>>
Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 25, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc’s quarterly results blew past Wall Street’s expectations after U.S. consumers snapped up near-unprecedented numbers of iPhones and iPads, sending its shares up 8 percent into record territory.



Source >>>
Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 24, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc’s quarterly results blew past Wall Street’s expectations as U.S. consumers snapped up near-record numbers of iPhones and iPads, sending its shares up 8 percent.



Source >>>
Posted by Reuters: Business News on August 19, 2011
LONDON (Reuters) – Shares in European software makers jumped in a falling market on Friday on hopes they were more likely bid targets after Hewlett-Packard’s $11.7 bid for British enterprise search-software maker Autonomy.



Source >>>
Posted by Reuters: Business News on August 4, 2011
Bonn, Germany (Reuters) – Deutsche Telekom said it was on track to meet its targets after the group’s second quarter profit was hit by restructuring charges mainly for staff in Germany.



Source >>>
Posted by Reuters: Business News on July 29, 2011
PARIS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – French tire maker Michelin and German rival Continental raised full-year sales targets as price hikes offset higher raw material costs.



Source >>>
Posted by Reuters: Business News on July 28, 2011
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece wants to quickly complete a voluntary bond exchange and is confident of IMF support as long as it fulfills its economic adjustment targets, the country’s finance minister said on Thursday.



Source >>>
Posted by Reuters: Business News on July 26, 2011
MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s Fiat SpA raised its 2011 guidance on Tuesday after beating analysts’ forecast for second-quarter trading profit in the first results incorporating U.S. automaker Chrysler.



Source >>>
Posted by Reuters: Business News on July 21, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Standard & Poor’s reiterated on Thursday it sees a real risk that future U.S. government deficits may meaningfully miss discussed targets and that there is a 50-50 chance the U.S. AAA credit rating could be cut within three months, perhaps as soon as August.



Source >>>
Posted by Reuters: Business News on July 20, 2011
(Reuters) – Apple shares surged 5 percent in pre-market trading on Wednesday, a day after the company posted stellar results even by its own lofty standards, prompting several analysts to raise their earnings targets for the iPhone maker.



Source >>>