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Thailand approves $143m tourism loan package
AFP, Bangkok
The Thai cabinet on Tuesday approved a 143 million dollar tourism rescue fund to combat waning profits resulting from the downturn in the global economy and last year's Bangkok airport closures.
An official at the Tourism and Sports Ministry said the fund had been set aside to guarantee a number of two-year low interest loans for businesses working in the tourism sector.
"The cabinet approved a 5 billion baht (143 million dollar) budget to use as loans for business operators in the tourism industry." Permanent Secretary Sasithara Pichaichannarong fold reporters.
The loans would be provided by commercial banks but underwritten by the government, she said.
President of the Association of Thai TYavel Agents (ATTA) Apichart Sankary said the loans would provide much needed cash for struggling small businesses.
"With this money, travel agents, hoteliers, restaurants and car rental companies can borrow money from the banks to boost their cash flow,' he said.
"No agents or hotels want to sack their staff or limit working hours... but they have to because of the crisis. They can use this money for marketing or just to keep their business afloat," he added.
L'Oreal 2008 net profit falls 27pc
AP, Paris
French cosmetics maker L'Oreal said Monday that annual net profit fell 27 percent after disappointing American holiday sales, although the figures from a year earlier were boosted by a one-off gain.
The maker of Maybelline mascara and Lancome fragrances posted a net profit of euro 1.95 billion ($2.49 billion), weighed down by euroll5 million of special charges. The results compared to euro2.66 billion in 2007, when L'Oreal made a euro617 gain on the sale of shares in Sanofi-Aventis.
Excluding non-recurrent items, net profit rose to euro2.06 billion from euro2.04 billion in 2007. The company did not break out quarterly or half-yearly profit figures.
"In an environment made very difficult in 2008 by the economic crisis, L'Oreal is proving resilient," Chief Executive Officer Jean-Paul Agon said in a statement.
He gave no outlook for 2009, except to say the company will tackle the year "with realism, confidence and resolve."
L'Oreal shares closed down 1.1 percent at euro52.86 in Paris trading.
Sales rose 2.8 percent in the year to euro 17.54 billion ($22.39 billion).
Daimler posts loss of 1.53b euros
AP, Berlin
German automaker Daimler AG on Tuesday reported a euro 1.53 billion fourth-quarter loss and warned that sales of its marquee Mercedes-Benz cars would decline through 2009 because of the economic meltdown's pinch on the automotive industry.
The loss for the Stuttgart-based maker of Mercedes-Benz, Smart and Maybach compares to a profit of euro 1.7 billion a year earlier.
Sales slid 12 percent, to euro23.2 billion compared with euro26.5 billion a year earlier as the number of vehicles the company sold fell 17 percent to 480,055 compared with 575,353 a year earlier.
For the full year, the automaker earned euro 1.4 billion, down 65 percent from euro4 billion in 2007. The 27 analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters had predicted an annual profit of euro3 billion.
Sales on the year dropped 4 percent to euro95.9 billion compared with euro99.4 billion.
The automaker said vehicle sales in 2008 dipped 1 percent to just more than 2.07 million sold compared with 2.08 million in 2007.
Fujitsu exits HDD business, sinks deeper in red
AFP, Tokyo
Japan's Fujitsu Ltd. said TUesday it would transfer its struggling hard disk drive business to rival Toshiba Corp., a deal that will push it deeper into loss this year than previously expected.
Fujitsu forecast a net loss of 50 billion yen (555 million dollars) for the year to March, more than double the 20 billion yen loss it had estimated last month, due to the divestment of th e HDD business.
The company left unchanged its forecasts for operating profit of 50 billion yen and revenue at 4.7 trillion yen.
Fujitsu said it would hive off its HDD business into a new firm, which Toshiba will turn into a subsidiary with a stake of 80 percent. Fujitsu will hold 20 percent. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The transfer "will enable Toshiba to reinforce its already strong position as a leading vendor of small form factor HDDs, widely used in notebook PCs, mobile devices, automotive and consumer electronics," the statement said.