M&S sales growth slows
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Business & money: Chief executive Stuart Rose blames rising interest rates, uncertainty and bad weather.
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Diversified manufacturer 3M Co.   posted a weaker-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday and  said global economic growth was slowing, sending its shares  down 4.7 percent and weighing heavily on blue chip stocks  overall.
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A slowdown in automobile and financial advertising hurt the companyÂs advertising sales over the last few weeks.
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The service sectors in the United States, Europe and Britain all posted the slowest growth in more than a year in September, surveys of purchasing managers showed Tuesday, suggesting global growth may be cooling.
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Swedish clothing giant H&M on Thursday reported strong fourth quarter and full-year growth but saw its share price dip amid disappointment that its results were slightly below analyst expectations.
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Market researcher IDC expects growth  in the global market for mobile phones to slow to single digits  from this year onwards after unit sales rose 11.6 percent last  quarter, it said in a statement on Friday.
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London equities fell on Wednesday after Marks & Spencer reported its worst quarterly sales performance for two and a half years.
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The pace of growth in U.S. service  industries slowed in September and pricing power ebbed,  according to a report on Wednesday that showed a key service  sector index falling to its lowest since April 2003.
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The service sector of the economy showed slower growth in January, as the rate of expansion in both employment and inflation pressures softened, the Institute for Supply Management said Thursday.
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Global semiconductor sales growth slowed to 1 percent in August as electronics makers reacted to growing inventories in Asia by limiting orders of chips, an industry trade group said on Thursday.
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Sales rise, but earnings and margins are on the fritz.
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A slowdown in US economic growth during the second quarter was not as sharp as previously thought, the Commerce Department reported today.
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Sales figures just don't measure up to the company's valuation.
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Food distributor reports sales slowdown, but again finishes year with record earnings.
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Women&#39;s apparel retailer Christopher &amp; Banks has posted a decline in a key December sales measure. The company reported same-store sales; those at stores open for at least a year, dropped by 7 percent for the month.
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Marks &amp; Spencer today revealed a further dramatic fall in sales figures and then disappointed shareholders even further with its buyback offer.
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US business productivity grew more slowly in the third quarter than first thought, a government report showed on Tuesday, while chain store sales fell in the crucial shopping week after Thanksgiving.