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A rise in sales for budget clothing retailer Primark has boosted the profits of its owner Associated British Foods, the BBC reported today. Primark’s revenue increased…

Toy maker Hornby plc (LSE:HRN) saw its shares fall more than 40% today after announcing that the company will not make a profit this year. Hornby…

HSBC Holdings plc (LSE:HSBA), the bank’s parent company, said that it had generated pre-tax profit of USD12.7bn in the six months to the end of June,…

UK-based household goods retailer Home Retail Group plc (HRG) (LSE:HOME), which owns Argos and Homebase, reported today that sales at Argos fell at a slower rate…

UK-based supermarket retailer Tesco plc (LSE:TSCO) announced today a further decrease in quarterly sales in its home market. The retail giant said that like-for-like sales in…

Dubai Islamic Bank booked a net profit of AED245m (USD66.7m/EUR50.4m) in the first three months of the year, up 11% from the AED222m recorded in the…

Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca plc (LSE:AZN) (STO:AZN) (NYSE:AZN) announced today that its chief executive, David Brennan, has decided to retire and step down from the board…

UK-based supermarket retailer Tesco plc (LSE:TSCO) announced today an increase in group profit for the year to 25 February 2012 but a decrease in profit generated…