profits

I guess many of you would have seen this in AutoCar last week, apologies for not posting sooner. It's the first time back home for a while. Interesting reading don't you think?

http://news.sky.com/story/1213664/britain-overtakes-germany-in-ferrari-sales

http://europe.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121018/ANE/310189898/daimler-said-to-target-1-billion-euros-in-cuts-to-boost-profit&cciid=email-ane-daily And you thought it was hard to claim against a warranty now?

BMW profits drop as it invests in staff and technology - Telegraph

Interesting read, so I thought I would share.... Daimler profits roar up on China's passion for Mercedes | Business | The Guardian

Lloyds banking group announces a £2.1 Billion profit and huge turnaround from this time last year and the shares fall 5% Anyone out there have the time to talk me through this strange state of affairs please?

BP, however, says that it makes less than 1p in profit on every litre of petrol it sells at its 1,300 filling stations across the UK. :eek: :eek: :eek: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/bp-announces-pound37maday-profits-879641.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7404085.stm Is it just me or does that level seem a touch out of place whilst they are raising passenger costs? At least Willie Walsh has forgone his £700K bonus given the T5 fiasco. Guess he will need to downsize then? :rolleyes: Don't get me wrong - I...

From Friday's Financial Times - will be interesting to read: