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Earnings performance
EBIT before restructuring expense stood at €-4.1 million; including this expense item of €4.3 million, it totalled €-8.4 million, compared with €-2.6 million a year ago (this figure had included restructuring expense of €0.4 million). Net finance cost for the quarter...
Economic downturn
As was the case in the first three months of the current financial year, industry performance as a whole remained anaemic during the reporting period. Irrespective of the seasonal downturn generally associated with the first calendar quarter, restrained demand and...
Economic performance
Germany continues to reap the rewards of a robust global economy. The International Monetary Fund has even predicted another slight improvement in world trade, taking growth to 4.9 per cent in 2006, compared with 4.8 per cent a year ago. With the US leading the way,...