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Yahoo.com reported that the Board of Directors of PPG Industries, Inc. ("PPG") elected Martin H. Richenhagen as a director to serve in a class whose term expires at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2010, effective as of September 1,…
SALES: up 6.0% to EUR21,779 million up 6.9% like-for-like(*) - OPERATING INCOME: up 15.3% to EUR2,093 million up 16.6% like-for-like(*) - RECURRING NET INCOME(**): up 31.2% to EUR1,067 million Net income amounts to EUR465 million, taking into…
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