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Electrolux Cleans Up

Boosting R&D and getting all units on the same page delivers a rebound

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WORLD EQUITY WATCH • From S&P;

European Indexes Close Higher

Auto and financial stocks drove gains as European indexes climbed in afternoon trading 2/13

EUROPEAN MARKET MOVERS • From S&P;

On the Move:VW, Michelin, Roche

Plus: Bayer, Hennes & Mauritz, Renault and other European companies making headlines Monday 2/13

 BW'S PICKS FROM AP NEWS >>

• Parliament OKs bill on services

• L'Oreal profit tumbles 50 percent in 2005

• Germany's Merck KGaA says 4Q profit up

• Arcelor posts strong results for 2005

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  COMPANIES
NEWS ANALYSIS

Mittal: Blood, Steel, And Empire Building

The father-and-son team at Mittal is in the hot lights after a bid for Euro-rival Arcelor 2/6

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Siemens Medical's Inspired Turnaround

The Munich company's focus on connecting with patients has helped it develop innovative products such as its new computer tomography scanner 2/1

NEWS ANALYSIS

Deutsche Bank's Outsourcing Imperative

Daniel Marovitz, a top technology executive at the German bank, says "If you don't do it, you won't survive" 1/30

  INVESTING STRATEGIES
FUND INVESTOR - FUNDIMENTALS

Searching for Stability Overseas

MFS International Value Fund's Barnaby Wiener has an eye for undervalued stocks -- and the resolve to stick with them 2/6

S&P; STOCK PICKS & PANS

S&P; Cuts Deutsche Bank, Ups Canon

Plus: Analyst comments on Mattel's quarterly results, an upgrade on the semiconductor industry outlook, and more 1/30

NEWS ANALYSIS

Big Pharma's Reversal of Fortune

The industry's 2005 earnings reports reveal that Europe's drugmakers are in much better health than their U.S. rivals, a dramatic change 1/30

  POLICY& ECONOMICS
NEWS ANALYSIS

French Tradition Goes Up in Smoke

Government agencies and nonprofits are trying to wean the French from their beloved tobacco -- and it's working. Quelle surprise! 2/6

NEWS ANALYSIS

Turin's Olympics Strike Gold

Just a few months ago, the games' financial success was in question. But expanded TV coverage and sponsorships have proven a winning formula 1/30

NEWS ANALYSIS

Merkel Makes Waves at Davos

The German Chancellor uses the World Economic Forum to spell out her vision for a harder-working, less bureaucratic Europe 1/31

NEWS ANALYSIS

Condi Dials in to Davos

While defending the Administration by video link, she had this advice for Hamas: "You can't have one foot in politics and one in terror" 1/30

 
 
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