Wednesday February 10, 2010, 12:25 am Coca-Cola says its fourth- quarter profit
climbed as the world's largest drink maker sold five per cent more beverages
worldwide. Coca-Cola says its unit case volume rose in emerging markets like
China and India, and also saw solid growth
AP Coca-Cola says its fourth-quarter profit climbed as the world's largest
drink maker sold five per cent more beverages worldwide. Coca-Cola says its
unit case volume rose in emerging markets like China and India, and also saw
solid growth in Latin America. However, it sold fewer
By Bloomberg News Lingering concern about the ability of some European nations
to fund swollen budget deficits is prompting investors to seek safer assets
away from emerging markets, sending Asian stocks lower and weighing on some
regional currencies. The won rebounded from near a
The closing of the local market a handful of points higher yesterday (it was up
7.3 points at 4521.4) brought the Australian Securities Exchange's benchmark
S&P/ASX 200 Index back to almost exactly where it was a week earlier. In
between times, billions of dollars were made and lost on
The closing of the local market a handful of points higher yesterday (it was up
7.3 points to 4521.4) brought the Australian Securities Exchange's benchmark
ASX200 index back to almost exactly where it was a week earlier. In between,
billions were made and lost on positive and negative swings
EVEN the experts cannot agree on whether the world's jittery sharemarkets are
having a hiccup or a heart attack. The closing of the local market a handful of
points higher yesterday (it was up 7.3 points at 4521.4) brought the Australian
Securities Exchange's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Mohamed A. El-Erian , whose company runs the world’s
biggest mutual fund, favors investments in emerging markets on expectations
they’ll outpace developed economies in growth and wealth. Brazilian bonds and
Chinese yuan non-deliverable forwards are attractive,
Lulled by ready access to low-cost credit, politicians have piled up
unsustainable debt service that the public will soon demand they stop paying,
he said. Bankers are selling municipal bonds based on unrealistic assumptions
of population and revenue, and will be held accountable when they
By Garth Theunissen The rand is likely to slide to between 4.20 and 4.25 per
real, weakening from the “platform” created by an almost 4 percent advance
against the Brazilian currency this year, according to Judy Padayachee , a
Johannesburg-based technical analyst at Barclays
The company said net earnings in the final three months of 2009 came to 906
million euros (1.27 billion dollars) as lower prices offset increased volumes.
Sales were down 4.8 percent from a year earlier to 9.66 billion euros, falling
short of analyst forecasts for 9.87 billion
Wednesday February 10, 2010, 12:25 am Coca-Cola says its fourth- quarter profit
climbed as the world's largest drink maker sold five per cent more beverages
worldwide. Coca-Cola says its unit case volume rose in emerging markets like
China and India, and also saw solid growth
