Aquarius Platinum Ltd said Ridge Mining Plc shareholders have voted in favour of its planned takeover and gave a update on operations at its Everest mine, pushing Aquarius shares higher on Tuesday 14 July.
Number one in sales of men’s fragrances in 2008, it could be said that the time was ripe for a collector’s edition. From September, One Million by Paco Rabanne will be released in a Gold Collector edition.
The world's biggest watchmaker Swatch Group is expecting sales to improve in the second half of this year after a difficult start to the year, group's CEO Nick Hayek said in remarks published Sunday 12 July.
Top diamond producer De Beers will achieve a positive interim and full-year bottom line despite slashing output by 90 percent in the first quarter, an official said.
John Lewis Partnership, the employee-owned group seen as a barometer of UK retail spending, said department store sales in the week to July 4 were held back by sunny weather and the distraction of Wimbledon.
Sales at Belgian luxury lingerie retailer Van de Velde rose 7.8 percent to 72.9 million euros ($102 million) in the first half of 2009, the company reported on Thursday 9 July.
Chattem Inc posted a 17% rise in quarterly profit that beat market estimates, helped by strong sales in the United States, and backed its full-year adjusted earnings forecast, sending its shares up 4 percent in trading before the bell.
Mall-based women's apparel retailer Bebe Stores Inc said it may post fourth-quarter earnings below its earlier forecast as sales at stores open at least a year slumped 29.2 percent.
Hot Topic Inc widened its second-quarter loss forecast citing lower-than-expected sales performance till date, and posted a 7.9 percent fall in June sales at stores open at least a year, sending its shares down 5 percent.
Discount fashion retailer Primark said third-quarter like-for-like sales rose above the 5 percent level seen in its first half helped by good weather and the attractions of its low prices in a downturn.
Gold jewellery sales in Dubai are down around 30 percent in June on a year ago, as high prices of the metal and the economic downturn deter tourists from visiting the emirate.
Osisko Mining Corp said it closed an agreement in principle with the Societe generale de financement du Quebec for a financing of C$75 million ($64.65 million) for development of its Malartic project in Quebec.
A tentative recovery in diamond prices could be knocked back by supplies from Russia or top producer De Beers, an analyst said.
Petra Diamonds Ltd said its annual output jumped above 1 million carats, but the African diamond producer added that revenue dipped and trading conditions remained challenging.
Almost three-quarters of South Korean male office workers feel uncomfortable when female colleagues show too much leg or cleavage in the workplace, a survey has revealed.
