Posts Tagged ‘second quarter’
Q2 earnings soar as economy recovers
OCBC Q2 net profit rises 8% to $503m
Smucker’s profit surges after acquiring Folgers
J.M. Smucker Co.’s acquisition of Folgers Coffee Co. continues to pay off for the jam maker, helping to more than double its fiscal second-quarter profit, as consumers continue to turn to the company’s well-known brands and eat at home more during the recession.
J.M. Smucker Co – Folgers – Beverages – Business – Food
Life insurance sector sees 2 straight quarters of recovery
SINGAPORE’S life insurance industry marked a second consecutive quarter of recovery with $426 million of total weighted new business premiums in the third quarter, placing the industry near levels before the global recession.
While this is a tad lower than the weighted new business premiums of $444.8 million in the third quarter of last year, it is a jump of 40 per cent from the second quarter and… more
Weekly Economic and Financial Commentary
This week’s busy schedule of economic reports brought mostly good news, even if it did end on a somewhat disappointing note. Several of the more leading indicators of economic growth posted strong gains, suggesting that the recovery process is well underway. We still suspect that the second quarter shutdown and…



