Profits from current production (corporate profits with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments) , in contrast to an increase of $16.8 billion in the fourth quarter. Current-production cash flow (net cash flow with inventory valuation adjustment) — the internal funds available to corporations for investment — decreased $123.9 billion in the first quarter, in contrast … Continue reading
Switzerland’s SIX Group, is to cut 150 jobs after it warned that operating profits had been hit in recent months by tough markets and the strength of the Swiss franc. The operator of the Swiss stock exchange further cautioned that market uncertainty and cost-conscious customers were damping sales expectations for 2012 for all business areas. … Continue reading