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35 Years Since the Beginning of Voucher Privatization in Czechoslovakia
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7/11/2023
Intel and Qualcomm: competitors in the service of US national security
Chipmakers Intel and Qualcomm recently won a contract from the National Security Technology Accelerator (NSTXL) to develop and manufacture chips for the U.S. military.
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2/11/2023
Microsoft beat expectations for Q3 2023
Microsoft's third-quarter revenue was $52.9 billion, up 10% in constant currency.  The company's shareholders also came into their own as Microsoft regularly pays dividends to stockholders. Earnings per share for the third quarter came in at $2.45, up 14% in constant currency. Replicating the turnaround, the Redmond, Washington state-based tech giant's quarter-on-quarter net income rose 9% to $18.3 billion from $16.73 billion.
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24/10/2023
Procter & Gamble has been paying dividends for 133 years
Procter & Gamble reported net sales of $20.1 billion for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023, up four percent from the previous year. Organic sales, which exclude the effects of foreign exchange and acquisitions and divestitures, increased seven percent. Operating cash flow was $3.9 billion and net income for the quarter was $3.4 billion. Diluted net earnings per share were $1.37[1], an increase of three percent compared to the prior year.
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18/10/2023
VW Group, one of the largest investors in Slovakia
The Bratislava plant of Volkswagen Slovakia is the only automobile plant in the world that produces vehicles of four brands under one roof. Volkswagen Touareg, Audi Q7, Audi Q8, Porsche Cayenne, Porsche Cayenne Coupé, Volkswagen up!, fully electric Volkswagen e-up are produced here. and the compact SUV ŠKODA KAROQ. More than 99% of production is exported worldwide, while large SUVs are produced exclusively in Bratislava. The largest export markets in terms of sales are China, the USA and Germany. Investments in the Slovak plant in 2022 reached 345 million euros, and in total, in more than thirty years of Volkswagen in Slovakia, they have already exceeded the 5 billion euro mark.

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