Stock futures lower after retail sales report (AP)
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009Stock futures are extending their losses following a government report showing a worse-than-expected decline in retail sales.
Stock futures are extending their losses following a government report showing a worse-than-expected decline in retail sales.
A challenging beverage environment and the loss of a drink deal will weigh on Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc. in 2009, an analyst said Wednesday as he cut the beverage maker’s full-year earnings forecast.
Stock index futures hit a session low on Wednesday after government data showed retail sales fell more than expected in December, signaling a further drop in consumer spending, a key driver of corporate profits.
Jaguar Land Rover announces it is cutting 450 jobs, including 300 managers, due to “severe reduction in demand”.
A plan to guarantee up to £20bn of loans to small and medium-sized firms to help them survive the downturn is unveiled.
The biggest record shop in New York, the Virgin Megastore in Times Square, is to close in April.
Up to 240 jobs are under threat at pharmaceutical firm Pfizer’s research and development site in east Kent.
Airbus builds a new factory in France to assemble the wide-bodied A350 - the wings of which will be made at Filton near Bristol.
A third of employees at Seagate in Londonderry are to have their pay cut by 10% in a bid to cut costs.
A 200-year-old Derbyshire pottery firm is talking to union leaders about cutting back its workforce.