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Ikea has cut 5,000 jobs due to economic crisis: report
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Swedish furniture giant Ikea has cut 5,000 jobs worldwide due to the global economic crisis but expects to post record sales nonetheless, its chief told a Swedish newspaper on Tuesday.
Nations:Sweden Source:(AFP)
2009-06-23
Ikea posts record earnings but sees growth slowing: report
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Swedish furniture giant Ikea posted record earnings this year, but after a decade of booming expansion it now sees growth slowing, its director told financial daily Dagens Industri on Wednesday.
Nations:Sweden Germany Source:(AFP)
2008-09-10
Baby cribs recalled after three deaths
About 1 million Simplicity and Graco cribs are being recalled after three children became entrapped in their cribs and died of suffocation, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Friday.
2007-09-21
Dell finds evidence of misconduct in finance probe
Dell Inc., the world's second-largest personal computer maker, said on Thursday an internal financial audit found evidence of misconduct, accounting errors and deficiencies in its financial controls.
Nations:U.S.
2007-03-29
Ikea to charge U.S. customers for plastic bags
Sweden's IKEA will charge U.S. customers five cents for disposable plastic shopping bags in what the international furniture giant said on Wednesday was a first step to ending their use altogether.
Nations:U.S. Bangladesh Sweden Australia
2007-02-21
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