The Irish Times

Philips beats earnings forecast as it mobilises for respiratory device recall

Group announces a €1.5bn share buyback set to start in Q3 and take up to three years

Mon Jul 26 2021 - 13:23

US scraps Philips ventilator order in 2020 earnings blow

Philips was contracted to supply 43,000 ventilators for Covid-19 patients

Mon Aug 31 2020 - 16:26

Philips to close UK plant amid Brexit uncertainty

Dutch health technology company moving production as part of plant close plan

Fri Jan 18 2019 - 08:07

Philips share price tumbles after disappointing results

Dutch health technology company’s third-quarter profit misses estimates

Mon Oct 22 2018 - 15:45

Trade war worries Philips as it banks on China growth

CEO sees negative knock-on effects of US-China trade war

Mon Apr 23 2018 - 17:52

Philips upbeat after US business rebounds

Dutch company’s US orders jump 9% in second quarter of the year

Mon Jul 24 2017 - 20:31

Royal Philips eyeing billion-dollar deals after lighting spinoff

Healthcare informatics target market of Dutch company, says chief Frans van Houten

Wed Jun 08 2016 - 18:14

How many lightbulbs will it take to change Philips’ fortunes?

Company seeking €970m from IPO of its lighting business, which dates back to 1891

Mon May 16 2016 - 19:27

Outlook for healthcare business bolsters Philips

Firm is trying to sell off its lighting division to focus on medical technology, scanners

Tue Jan 26 2016 - 11:03

Planet Business

‘Super Thursday’, Google versus God and Corbynomics

Fri Aug 21 2015 - 06:30

Philips’ earnings easily beat forecasts, cautious on China

Shares up 3.4% as firm says it expects modest full-year sales growth

Mon Jul 27 2015 - 13:06

Philips returns to sales growth in its first quarter

Sales up 2% but company still behind 2016 profit margin target

Tue Apr 28 2015 - 08:07

Tesco says prospect of EU referendum is damaging UK

Retailer warns firms may consider investment if referendum proceeds

Mon Apr 20 2015 - 08:44

Price pressure weighs on Philips as split looms

Shares in the group fell almost 4 per cent

Mon Oct 20 2014 - 21:21

Philips to separate lighting unit and create HealthTech division

Dutch company to focus on health-care equipment and consumer goods spanning shavers to air purifiers

Tue Sept 23 2014 - 11:21

Philips expects core profit to rise after cost-cutting measures

Dutch group reports second-quarter earnings of €415 million on sales of €5.3 billion

Mon Jul 21 2014 - 07:32

Philips spins off lighting components businesses

Chief executive Frans van Houten is reinventing the Dutch company

Tue Jul 01 2014 - 12:57

Philips warns of challenging year after first quarter profit decline

Group sales drop 4.5 per cent, weighed down by slowing demand from China and Russia

Tue Apr 22 2014 - 07:41

Philips turnaround sees profits nearly triple

Focus on consumer appliances pays off

Tue Oct 22 2013 - 01:00

Philips to return €1.5bn to shareholders

Dutch electronics company kept its sales growth target of 4-6 per cent unchanged

Tue Sept 17 2013 - 11:02

Philips healthcare orders rise, bringing relief after two-year overhaul

Healthcare orders rise 7%

Mon Jul 22 2013 - 19:21