INDUSTRIAL GOODS 1:28am

XP Power shares fall as profits decline

Sales in Europe and North America declined 10% and 7.3%, respectively

AEROSPACE & DEFENCE 7:15pm

Thales lifts profits and eyes EM growth

Defence electronics group’s shares up 12% on annual results

Ford Espace sits on a display outside a Ford Assembly Plant ©AP AUTOMOBILES 6:10pm

Sales of large vehicles boost GM and Ford

SUVs and pick-ups underpin domestic sales gains

Lombard from FINANCIALS Feb 28, 2013

EU left strikes a blow for top bankers

Bonus ratio will just increase the fixed pay of staff

Number Cruncher from CONSTRUCTION Feb 28, 2013

Howden posts rising sales and margins

Builders’ supplier cheap for a housing recovery play

AEROSPACE & DEFENCE Feb 28, 2013

Boeing assures Japan of Dreamliner safety

US group visits Tokyo to present plan for fixing batteries

CONSTRUCTION Feb 28, 2013

Hochtief plans asset sales to boost profits

European businesses and airports and telecoms units to be divested

Feb 28, 2013

Severfield-Rowen launches rights issue

Steel group seeks to raise £45m to add to cash to pay down debt

From MANAGEMENT Feb 28, 2013

Rise in mobility is a business risk

The growth of cross-border travel exposes companies’ worrying lack of controls

Feb 28, 2013

Demand from aircraft makers buoys Bodycote

Commercial aircraft boom boosts thermal processing specialist

AEROSPACE & DEFENCE Feb 27, 2013

Embraer in US military aircraft contract win

Brazilian aerospace group and partner to build 20 light aircraft

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 27, 2013

IG Metall union calls for 5.5% pay rise

Companies reject demand amid expectations of low growth

AEROSPACE & DEFENCE Feb 27, 2013

Boom in aircraft demand drives up Bodycote

Shares soar in UK-based aerospace components group on 18% profits

CONSTRUCTION Feb 27, 2013

Imtech launches €500m rights issue

Dutch group acts on debt as chief departs early

AEROSPACE & DEFENCE Feb 27, 2013

EADS flags lingering challenges for A350

One-off charges related to wide-body jet weigh on aerospace group

Feb 27, 2013

Decline in orders takes shine off Weir

Acquisitions lift Glasgow-based engineer group to record profits

From MANAGEMENT Feb 27, 2013

Design space: Wilton’s safer sledgehammer

A head that won’t fly off the handle

Mike Skapinker Michael Skapinker from MANAGEMENT Feb 27, 2013

Yahoo sets the trend with home work ban

Where might the technology group’s counter-intuitive move to make staff work in an office lead?

INDUSTRIAL GOODS Feb 27, 2013

Goldwind echoes China’s turbine blues

Earnings slump as wind power industry continues to struggle

From LEX Feb 27, 2013

EADS: the new normal

Europe’s aerospace and defence champion doing just fine without BAE

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