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BAYER AG (FRA: BAYN), the German pharmaceutical announced that between January and September achieved net profit of 3.497 million euros, up 9.2% yoy.
The company said in a statement that these results are due "primarily" by the "expansion" of sales of its HealthCare division of health equipment and all its departments, especially HealthCare and Covestro, which produces plastic components contributed to the breakthrough of gross.
Gross profit (EBITDA) of the accumulated in the first nine months company was EUR 7.718 million, 12.4% more than in the same period last year.

 

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Walt Disney Co (NYSEIS) obtained its fiscal year 2015 net profit record of $ 8.382 million (7.709 million euros), up 11.7% from 7.501 million dollars last year.
The turnover of The Walt Disney Company reached in the year ended October, the 52.465 million dollars (48.258 million euros), up 7.5% from 48.813 million dollars (44.894 million euro) he entered the previous year.
Revenues rose 13% in the consumer products unit and 10% on TV, while the theme parks division revenue increased 7% and the film, 1%. By contrast, in interactive media it was reduced 10%.
In the fourth quarter of its fiscal year, the benefit of the American company reached 1.609 million dollars (1,480 million euros), up 7.3%, while its turnover rose 9.1% to 13.512 million dollars (12.427 million euros).

 

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Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) plunged to fresh lows on November after the company reported mixed third quarter earnings, bleak fourth quarter guidance, and a CEO change.
The 3rd. quarter 2015, Groupon's revenue slipped 6% annually to $713.6 million and missed estimates by $19.1 milion. Gross billings slid 2% to $1.47 billion (up 6% on a constant currency basis), compared to a 2% gain in the previous quarter. Local and travel billings and revenue declined, although the goods segment reported positive single-digit growth in both.
For the 4th quarter, the company expects to report revenues between $815 million to $865 million, which would represent a 6.5% to 12% decline from a year ago. Analysts, on average, were expecting a revenue to rise 3% to $956.8 million.

 

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Adidas AG (FRA:ADS) increased its net profit to 683 million euros.
The German manufacturer had a growth of sales on Adidas and Reebok brands.
Adidas reported that revenue for the same period rose nearly 17% to 12.748 million euros, by the weak euro. Without the favorable effects of the exchange rate of the euro turnover would have risen by 9%. Operating profit in January-September improved by 17.3% to 1,083 million euros.
The euro's weakness also contributes to the turnover in the golf division TaylorMade, in which the company has implemented a restructuring program by falling sales in the US and Western Europe.
If the positive effects of the exchange rate are not counted, the turnover of TaylorMade to September fell 12.7% to 678 million euros.

 

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Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) lied to investors and the general public about the risks of climate change by 2014, and the New York Attorney General is investigating.
The New York Times citing people familiar with the investigation said that the state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, asked Exxon Mobil financial records and emails.
The investigation covers nearly 40 years of activities of Exxon Mobil, since the seventies, long before Exxon and Mobil in 1999 formed a single corporation under the current name, which became the main US oil company.

 

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Harley-Davidson Inc (NYSE:HOG) the American motorcycle manufacturer is facing a dangerous downhill.
The third quarter results certify their stagnation. and while Europe and Asia pull sales, that is not enough to offset the fall in the US. The value on Wall Street is at 2012 levels.

Harley-Davidson continues rolling down the roads around the world, but slows at home in the US. Keith E. Wandell, head of the Milwaukee firm until last May, and I saw it coming. The business has remained strong early in the year, despite the "headwinds". These winds refer to the benefit of the motorcycle manufacturer, which has begun a dangerous downhill. In the third quarter of 2015 it entered 1,320 million versus $ 1,300 million in the same period last year, but the benefit has been cut by 7.6% to 140.3 million dollars, compared with 150.1 million 2014.