Kurt Osterberg

Browsing All Posts By Kurt Osterberg

  • News 0

    Emerging market tonic for pharmas

    Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Procter & Gamble, Astra Zeneca and Johnson & Johnson are among the immediately recognisable global brand names in the pharmaceuticals industry. Due to the non-cyclic...
    On April 19, 2011 / By
  • News 0

    Wind power becomes mainstream

    Vestas, as the market leader, is taking wind power to new, unprecedented heights. Solid financial results for Vestas, in a testing year, have helped confirm wind as the leading source of renewable ene...
    On April 19, 2011 / By
  • News 0

    Wealth manager targets innovation

    The investment management area of Banif, the Portuguese financial group, has been establishing a successful track record in terms of Growth and Innovation. Banif Investment Managers (BIM) recorded str...
    On April 19, 2011 / By
  • News 0

    Apple files patent suit against Samsung

    Apple has filed a lawsuit against South Korean electronics group Samsung alleging its mobile phones and tablet computer are a copy of its iPhone and iPad. The case against Samsung was filed by Apple ...
    On April 19, 2011 / By
  • News 0

    Synthes reports merger talks with Johnson & Johnson

    Swiss medical device manufacturer Synthes said on Monday it is in preliminary takeover talks with health conglomerate Johnson & Johnson.  The deal could be worth up to $20bn and if completed wou...
    On April 18, 2011 / By
  • News 0

    Nestlé sales fall 9% but growth up 6.4%

    Nestlé, the world’s biggest food group by sales, saw a 9 percent drop in Q1 sales to CHF22.26bn compared to CHF22.34bn the previous year, the company announced on Friday. The decrease in sales wer...
    On April 15, 2011 / By
  • News 0

    Glencore to float stock worth up to $11bn

    Glencore, the world’s largest commodities trading group by revenue intends to sell between $9bn-11bn in shares in its IPO on the Hong Kong and London stock exchanges, the Swiss company announced on ...
    On April 14, 2011 / By
  • News 0

    JPMorgan Q1 profits up 67%

    JPMorgan Chase, the second largest bank by assets in the US, beat forecasts from Wall Street analysts by reporting a 67 percent rise in Q1 profits, bringing figures to $5.56bn compared with $3.33bn in...
    On April 13, 2011 / By
  • News 0

    BP Rosneft deal grows uncertain

    The Russian half of the Russian-British TNK-BP joint venture is threatening to file a law suit for up to $10m against its parent company BP, saying BP breached its shareholder agreement for going stra...
    On April 13, 2011 / By
  • News 0

    COO of Renault to step down over espionage claim

    The COO of Renault, Patrick Pélata, resigned on Tuesday following an internal and external audit which showed ‘a chain of failures’ in the manner the car manufacturer handled a scandal which alle...
    On April 12, 2011 / By