Lindt sees further growth in 2025 as it hikes prices to combat cocoa costs

By Anastasiia Kozlova (Reuters) -Lindt & Spruengli lifted 2024 margin estimate and forecast further sales growth for 2025 on Tuesday, after reporting 7.8% organic growth for last year in a sign that price hikes have not deterred shoppers from splurging on chocolates. The Swiss chocolate maker, which has been hiking its selling prices to pass …

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Apple, Samsung smartphone shipments fall in fourth quarter as China competition bites, IDC says

(Reuters) – Smartphone shipments for Apple and Samsung declined in the fourth quarter globally, as they grapple with intense competition from Chinese companies including Xiaomi, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) on Monday. The global smartphone market rebounded strongly after two years of decline, with Chinese smartphone companies rapidly expanding their …

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Activist investor Gatemore calls for CEO change in UK’s YouGov

(Reuters) -Activist investor Gatemore Capital called for leadership changes at YouGov on Tuesday and proposed appointing former boss Stephan Shakespeare as interim CEO to lead a strategic review of the British polling and research company. Gatemore’s push for executive shakeup follows its demand for the company to conduct a review of its business and initiate …

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Bayer setzt in den nächsten Jahren auf Schuldenabbau statt Übernahmen

Düsseldorf/Frankfurt (Reuters) – Bayer will sich in den nächsten zwei bis drei Jahren auf den Abbau seines Schuldenbergs konzentrieren und im Pharmageschäft keine größeren Übernahmen tätigen. “Größere Firmenzukäufe sehe ich zumindest in den nächsten zwei, drei Jahren nicht”, sagte der Chef der Sparte, Vorstandsmitglied Stefan Oelrich, der “Neuen Zürcher Zeitung” (Dienstagausgabe). Es gebe zwar ein …

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Raducanu avanza en el Abierto de Australia a pesar de los problemas con el saque

Por Shrivathsa Sridhar MELBOURNE, 14 ene (Reuters) – La británica Emma Raducanu volvió a la acción por primera vez desde noviembre con su victoria sobre la rusa Ekaterina Alexandrova (7-6(4) 7-6(2)) en la primera ronda del Abierto de Australia. La británica de 22 años, que ha tenido que lidiar con una serie de lesiones desde …

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