First-half

Reuters First-half sales for Nestlé, which makes Crunch and Butterfinger candy bars, fell to $59.6 billion.

Nestlé Takes Currency Hit Deborah Ball 2011

First-half revenue rose 3% to £991 million from £958 million, of which £433 million came from its business-to-business operations, up 14% from a year earlier.

Daily Mail Gives Cautious Ad Outlook Lilly Vitorovich 2011

First-half revenue more than doubled to HK$31.51 billion from HK$13.27 billion a year earlier, of which revenue from property sales soared to HK28.84 billion from HK$4.61 billion a year earlier.

Sun Hung Kai Properties Net Up 36% Polly Hui 2011

First-half revenue grew 10% to €14.5 billion, as domestic revenue trends improved due to price stabilization in the mobile segment.

Telecom Italia Posts Loss After Write-Down Giada Zampano 2011

First-half revenue rose 24% to HK$15.08 billion from HK$12.12 billion.

New World Development Profit Falls 24% Polly Hui 2011

First-half 2010 earnings were up more than 110% versus the first half of 2009.

Debunking Beta David Dreman 2010

First-half activations by the two carriers totaled 11.7 million, compared with AT&T's 15.2 million for all of 2010.

A Rising Phone Tide Is Lifting Apple Martin Peers 2011

First-half results from Allied Irish Banks suggested the sector remains in crisis.

What's News 2011

First-half spending edged nearly 3% higher to 411.2 million francs as Julius Baer continued to expand its growth markets, which include Asia and European ones such as Germany.

Julius Baer's Profit Drops 21% Katharina Bart 2011

First-half sales in Greece fell 24%, he said, while sales in Portugal declined 12%.

Sales Stagnate at L'Oréal Christina Passariello 2011