17-Jan-2013 00:17 sales

Retailer shares drop on sales data :: Shares in French Connection and Thorntons drop after reporting sales data, while electrical retailer Dixons falls on fear of an imminent profit cut.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21043359#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

European car sales slump to 17-year low :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/m5fMoDyLGt4/

EU car sales fell 8.2% in 2012 :: New car registrations in the EU fell by 8.2% in 2012 and the UK was the only major market to grow, carmakers say.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21041354#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Tennent's sees sales volumes fall :: The drinks brand, C&C Group, says sales volumes of its Tennent's brand fell in the UK, but earnings held up.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-21040959#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

H&M sales shrink, shares rise :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/zXxKieFFvEM/

Greek shops desperate for sales boost :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/GtnMvWTe-Bk/

Renault to cut 7,500 French jobs :: Renault is to cut about 7,500 jobs in France by 2016 as the carmaker continues to struggle with falling sales and profits.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21032990#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

US retail sales beat expectations :: US retail sales rose in December by more than analysts had expected as Americans spent more on cars and home furnishings, figures show.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21032705#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Longer Lives, Lower Incomes for Japanese Women :: When Hiroko Taguchi retired this past April, at the age of 64, from her job as an insurance sales agent, she joined the rapidly growing ranks of Japan's aging women who now outnumber their male counterparts.
Taguchi, a divorcee who lives alone, is heavily dependent on her pension to support what will likely be a lengthy retirement, given that women in Japan live, on average, about seven years longer than men. A survey conducted earlier this year by the Health and Welfare Ministry revealed that women account for 87.3 percent of Japan's record number of 50,000 centenarians.
"I am lucky I did not quit my job when I married, as was the norm for women of my age," Taguchi told IPS. Indeed, she is one of a very small number of women in Japan for whom old age is not synonymous with povert...
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Record sales for Rolls-Royce :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/_NYEC4boKaQ/