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2007-02-01 08:59:27Hong Kong Dec retail sales value up 11.5 pct yr-on-yr; volume up 8.1 pctHONG KONG (XFN-ASIA) - Retail sales in December rose 11.5 pct year-on-yearin value terms to 21.5 bln hkd, and were up 8.1 pct by volume, the governmentsaid.2007-02-01 08:47:04Japan's Fujifilm Hldgs long-term rating outlook raised to 'stable' - S&PTOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it has revisedits outlook for the long-term corporate credit rating on Fujifilm Holdings Corpto 'stable' from 'negative.'2007-02-01 08:20:25Japan's Konica Minolta posts record April-Dec operating profitTOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - Konica Minolta Holdings Inc reported its best-ever 9months operating profit in the April-December period last year, crediting it tostrong sales of its color printers and DVD player lenses, as well as from aweaker yen and cost-cutting efforts.2007-02-01 07:53:59Matsushita Electric Q3 opg profit hits 16-yr high on brisk flat TV salesTOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd said its fiscalthird-quarter operating profit rose 5 pct from a year earlier to its best levelin 16 years, helped by strong sales of its flat televisions.2007-02-01 07:44:07Swiss Dec watch exports up 3.9 pct yr-on-yr at 1.17 bln sfrBIEL, Switzerland (AFX) - Swiss watch exports rose in December by 3.9 pctfrom a year earlier to 1.17 bln sfr, the Federation of the Swiss watch industrysaid.2007-02-01 07:43:58Dutch Jan supermarket sales up 0.3 pct yr-on-yrAMSTERDAM (AFX) - Dutch supermarket sales rose 0.3 pct in January from ayear ago to 1.994 bln eur, according to figures from market researcher GfK.
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