Company and Industry News from the Financial Times - FT.com

Highlights

INDUSTRIALS 6:09pm

Dreamliner battery probe continues

787 Roll out event...787 On Display at Everett Factory Following 787 Premier - July 8, 2007

Grounding is likely to last weeks rather than months

HEALTH 9:50am

Vasella to step down as Novartis chairman

Reinhardt to replace veteran who led Swiss group for 17 years

INDUSTRIALS 9:00am

Industrial caution knocks Siemens profits

One-off charges prompt decline in engineering group’s earnings

INDUSTRIALS 5:26pm

Boardroom coup claims Severfield-Rowen chief

Shares plunge as engineering group issues fresh profit warning

FT Alphaville Cheesegrated!
Severfield-Rowen warns on profits

RETAIL & CONSUMER 1:46pm

McDonald’s profits edge higher

Fast food operator to open up to 1,600 new restaurants

The Public Image McDonald’s goes native down under
Lex McDonald’s – happy meal

More news

Tech Blog: What to look for in Apple’s results

Customers enter the Apple flagship retail store to purchase the new iPad in San Francisco

Tim Bradshaw previews what analysts say is the iPhone maker’s most important update in years

Pedestrians pass a Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA branch in Rome

©Bloomberg FINANCIALS 7:29pm

Monte dei Paschi fallout spreads

Investor considers taking legal action

TECHNOLOGY 6:21pm

Chip innovation powers SAP’s makeover

Double digit growth in software sales for 12 quarters

A bucket wheel reclaimer is moved into position at BHP Billiton's iron ore loading facility in Port Hedland

©Reuters ENERGY 1:49am

BHP update fuels writedown speculation

Pressures on its aluminium business may spur impairment charge

FT Alphaville BHP against the iron ore price
BHP begins hunt for new chief

INDUSTRIALS 4:46pm

Defence cuts trigger General Dynamic loss

Results hit as government budgets shrink in US and abroad

General Dynamics lays plans for succession

Unilever

©AFP RETAIL & CONSUMER 9:30am

Unilever continues to outperform rivals

Consumer goods group’s sales exceed €50bn despite weak confidence

Lex Unilever – ground control to Major Paul

Multimedia

watches & jewellery

An employee assembles a watch at the International Watch Co. AG (IWC) factory in Schaffhausen, Switzerland

©Bloomberg Two UK jewellery buying groups have defied the recession to clock up increased sales

beyondbrics

Employees sort letters for distribution at the Russian Post automated sorting center in Podolsk, Russia

©Bloomberg The Russian postal service has warned the Kremlin it may cease to cope without investment

FT alphaville

Rio Tinto

©Reuters Izabella Kaminska examines the likely fallout from Rio Tinto’s $14bn assets writedown

More stories

Energy

Financials

Industrials

Telecoms

Technology

Markets

Offers

FINANCIAL TIMES JOBSGlobal executive jobs

Register today for free job alerts

JOIN THE BUSINESS ELITEMore people at the top read the FT*

BE Europe Survey

*FT has grown in every major readership survey in 2010

FT SUBSCRIPTIONSubscribe today!

FT Newspaper

Save and get FREE delivery

Advertisement

COMPANIES VIDEOS

Advertisement

MOST POPULAR NOW ON FT.COM

COMPANIES NEWS ON TWITTER

Follow @ftcompanies

More FT Twitter accounts

EDITOR’S CHOICE

analysis

Li & Fung picture

©FT Graphic Lex in depth: Li & Fung, the Hong Kong-based clothing supplier

management

Business Life

©Bloomberg Strategy lessons, 101: Guidance on how to prepare a plan

MOST POPULAR IN COMPANIES

LATEST HEADLINES FROM CNBC

FINANCIAL TIMES JOBS

Head of Platform Proposition
Alliance Trust Savings
Technology Leaders- VP - MD
JP Morgan

Register for free to receive the latest executive jobs by email

TOOLS & SERVICES