NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- 3M Co., a member of the Dow Jones 30 Industrial Index, slashed its full-year forecast Monday following a sharp sales decline, and said that it was reducing its workforce by nearly 2% ...
* Factory manager released after deal * Economic crisis raises social tension in France * French unemployment rising, new data show PITHIVIERS, France, March 26 - Workers at a factory operated by the U.S. firm...
* 3M and Kimberly-Clark profit, revenue top expectations * Both companies cite strong sales of N95 respirator masks * Both raise 2009 profit forecasts * Running mask factories at full capacity * 3M shares up...
Dec. 11, 2008 (China Knowledge) - 3M Company, a U.S.-based diversified technology company, will maintain its investment pace in China next year, with total spending in the country not less than US$100 million, Shanghai Daily...
Saudi Arabia, which began phasing out wheat cultivation last year, will import 3 million tonnes of wheat a year by 2016, a top official said on Sunday.
NEW YORK, April 27 - U.S. stocks recovered ground to turn positive on Monday as investors scooped up shares of defensive stocks in the wake of anxiety that a possible global flu outbreak could further...
* U.S. dollar slides; commodities, energy shares higher * U.S. workers on jobless benefits hit record high * Citi proposes exchange offer, reverse stock split * Dow off 0.7 pct; S&P off 0.6 pct; Nasdaq...
* U.S. dollar slides; commodities, energy shares higher * U.S. workers on jobless benefits hit record high * Citi proposes exchange offer, reverse stock split * Dow down 0.8 pct; S&P off 0.7 pct; Nasdaq...
* Q1 EPS 74 cents vs $1.38 * EPS ex-items 81 cents; Street view 86 cents * Cuts 2009 EPS forecast to $3.90 to $4.30 * Shares down 1.1 pct in premarket trading (Adds analyst...
* Factory manager blockaded in factory * Workers demand better lay-off terms * Economic crisis raises social tension in France * French unemployment rising, new data show PITHIVIERS, France, March 25 - Workers at a...