BIG COMPANY WATCH.
BIG COMPANY WATCH
Latin American Sales in US$ millions
as of Sept. 30, 2000.
% CHANGE
IIIQ99/IIIQ00 Percent of
Company SALES IIIQ00 total sales
% CHANGE
IIIQ99/IIIQ00
REPSOL-YPF 868 72.4 63.2
ERICSSON 1,204 46.4 17.3
COCA-COLA 560 20.9 10.1
AVON 468 15.1 34.9
KELLOGG 166 10.1 9.0
GOODYEAR [1] 258 10.0 8.4
UNILEVER 1,220 8.3 10.4
MCDONALD'S 456 5.6 4.3
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE 621 4.5 26.2
PRAXAIR [2] 182 2.2 14.3
WHIRLPOOL 414 -4.2 16.1
CATERPILLAR [3] 348 -8.0 7.8
NOTES: (1.)Tire sales only.
(2.)South American sales.
(3.)Machinery and engine sales only.
SOURCES: Company reports, LATIN TRADE.
DEAR SHAREHOLDER... [up arrow] REPSOL-YPF Higher crude oil prices keep this company strong, although a fall in demand and a hiatus hiatus /hi·a·tus/ (hi-a´tus) [L.] an opening, gap, or cleft.hia´tal aortic hiatus the opening in the diaphragm through which the aorta and thoracic duct pass. on oil exploration in Argentina's southern fields--thanks to an exceptionally cold winter--were setbacks. Repsol-YPF is working to slash debt as it buys up other companies in a frenzied fren·zied adj. Affected with or marked by frenzy; frantic: a frenzied rush for the exits. fren five-year push for growth in all its operations. [up arrow] AVON Led by Mexico, Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. saw a 15% increase in beauty product sales for the quarter, helping to offset the ongoing slide in Argentina. "We're confident we can achieve our stated target for the year of low- to mid-teens growth in earnings per share," promised Avon CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Andrea Jung Andrea Jung (鍾彬嫻, pinyin: Zhōng Bīnxián) (born 1957 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a business executive. In 2001 she was named one of the 30 most powerful women in America by Ladies Home Journal. . [left arrow (character) left arrow - The graphic which the 1963 version of ASCII had in place of the underscore character, ASCII 95. ] CATERPILLAR As a pancake pancake, thin, flat cake, made of batter and baked on a griddle or fried in a pan. Pancakes, probably the oldest form of bread, are known in different forms throughout the world. . That's how flat revenues will be for Caterpillar in the months ahead. Latin American sales are inching up--especially in Brazil and Mexico--but not enough to make a difference. "The third quarter was a challenging one, especially considering the continued strength of the dollar and softness in key markets," says CEO Glen Barton. |
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