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Puma boosts its forecasts as quarterly sales surge

Bloomberg Puma SE increased its full-year forecasts for the second time in three months as the German sporting-goods maker brought forward figures showing a jump in quarterly sales and profit. Currency-adjusted revenue for 2017 will rise by 12 percent to 14 percent, the company said in an unscheduled statement, up from a prior forecast of low double-digit growth. Puma boosted ...

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TNT reels from cyberattack as damage lingers

Bloomberg FedEx Corp.’s TNT unit is still slogging through some transactions by hand and information systems may never fully recover from a June cyberattack that is expected to deal a blow to earnings. The shares fell the most in two months after the courier said customers continue to experience widespread service and invoicing delays. While TNT facilities are functioning, they ...

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Tim Hortons operators worry chain is losing its Canadian culture

Bloomberg Tim Hortons coffee and doughnuts are about as closely linked with the Canadian identity as hockey and universal health care, but the institution is under attack. That’s the view of many of the chain’s franchisees, who are chafing under the corporate ownership of Restaurant Brands International Inc., the fast-food conglomerate that also runs Burger King and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen. ...

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