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<description><![CDATA[German-based retail group Metro AG has issued a profit warning, blaming the impact on consumer confidence of a recent rise in European unemployment and governments' redoubled efforts to cut budget deficits.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/05/14242962-europe-gloom-prompts-metro-profit-warning</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/05/14242962-europe-gloom-prompts-metro-profit-warning</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>profit-warning</category><category>retailer</category><category>metro-ag</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Oct 2012 14:35:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Germany's Metro reports 15 pct drop in net profit</title>
<description><![CDATA[Second-quarter earnings at German retail group Metro AG fell 15 percent even as the football World Cup helped sales of TVs at the Media Markt and Saturn chains and boosted revenue, the company said Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/02/4799483-germanys-metro-reports-15-pct-drop-in-net-profit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/02/4799483-germanys-metro-reports-15-pct-drop-in-net-profit</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>earns</category><category>world-cup</category><category>metro</category><category>metro-ag</category><category>media-markt</category><pubDate>Mon, 2 Aug 2010 10:57:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Metro 2009 net income falls 7 percent</title>
<description><![CDATA[German retailer Metro AG said Wednesday its 2009 net income fell 7 percent to euro519 million ($716 million) as the economic downturn cut into sales at most divisions, including its Kaufhof department stores and Cash & Carry wholesale outlets.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[GEORGE FREY]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[GEORGE FREY]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/17/4028639-metro-2009-net-income-falls-7-percent</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/17/4028639-metro-2009-net-income-falls-7-percent</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>earns</category><category>metro</category><category>metro-ag</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:57:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>German retailer Metro 2Q net profit euro48 million</title>
<description><![CDATA[German retailer Metro AG made a net profit of euro48 million ($68 million) in the second quarter, rebounding from a loss a year earlier, while it said it remains focused on expansion despite the global economic crisis.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[GEORGE FREY]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[GEORGE FREY]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/03/3112584-german-retailer-metro-2q-net-profit-euro48-million</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/03/3112584-german-retailer-metro-2q-net-profit-euro48-million</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>earns</category><category>metro</category><category>metro-ag</category><pubDate>Mon, 3 Aug 2009 18:51:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/CFRA10208030301.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/CFRA10208030301.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;ARCHIV - Der Vorstandsvorsitzende der Metro AG, Eckhard Cordes, stellt sich am 16. Mai 2008 in Duesseldorf vor Beginn der Hauptversammlung des Konzerns den Fotografen fuer ein Portraet. Der Handelsriese legt am Montag, 3. Aug. 2009, seine Zwischenbilanz vor. (AP Photo/Roberto Pfeil)  ---  FILE - In this  May 16, 2008 file photo German Metro AG CEO, Eckhard Cordes, attends the company's shareholders meeting in Duesseldorf. (AP Photo/Roberto Pfeil)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Retailer Metro reports 4Q sales growth</title>
<description><![CDATA[German retailer Metro AG said Tuesday its fourth quarter sales grew 3 percent, contributing to overall sales growth of nearly 6 percent for 2008.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/13/2305259-retailer-metro-reports-4q-sales-growth</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/13/2305259-retailer-metro-reports-4q-sales-growth</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>sales</category><category>metro</category><category>metro-ag</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:17:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>