Alcon
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Investors adjust to ban on Swiss share trading in EU
- Markets
- July 1, 2019, 12:24
Early data in Swiss share trading on Monday indicated banks and fund managers in the EU were directing their deals towards three destinations - the Zu(...)

IMF growth warning and Trump rhetoric bruise global stocks
- Markets
- April 9, 2019, 17:50
Fresh tariff rhetoric from US president Donald Trump affected global stocks on Tuesday with Europe’s benchmark Stoxx 600 index down 0.3 per cent. Add(...)

Novartis hands investors Alcon spin-off and $5bn share buyback
- Health & Pharma
- June 29, 2018, 21:15
Novartis plans to spin off its Alcon eyecare business to shareholders and buy back up to $5 billion in stock as chief executive Vas Narasimhan refocus(...)

Novartis names drugs chief as CEO to deliver return to growth
- Health & Pharma
- September 4, 2017, 16:53
Novartis chief executive Joe Jimenez will step down on February 1st and hand over to drug development chief Vas Narasimhan to decide the fate of $50 b(...)

Profits and revenues down at Alcon’s Cork-based Irish division
- Health & Pharma
- July 25, 2017, 12:36
The Irish division of eyecare business Alcon, which last year marked 25 years in Cork, saw profits and turnover decline in 2016 after incurring big co(...)

Profit slips at Alcon's Cork-based Irish arm as sales increase
- Health & Pharma
- August 1, 2016, 15:52
Sales at the Irish division of Novartis eyecare business Alcon jumped more than 5 per cent to €41.78 million last year. However, profit before tax fe(...)

Novartis replaces head of eye care division after profit miss
- Health & Pharma
- January 27, 2016, 10:41
Swiss drugmaker Novartis has appointed a new head of its Alcon eye care division after the company fell short of fourth-quarter earnings expectations(...)

Novartis earnings fall 7% as strong dollar erodes sales
- Health & Pharma
- July 21, 2015, 07:42
Pharmaceutical firm Novartis saw its second quarter earnings fall by 7 per cent as the strength of the US dollar hit sales. The company said it(...)

Swiss drug maker Novartis reports first quarter profits
- Health & Pharma
- April 23, 2015, 12:22
Novartis, the world’s biggest drugmaker by sales, reported first-quarter profits that beat analysts’ estimates as the company begins to benefit from a(...)

Film rights acquired to new fantasy novel ‘Darkmouth’
- Film
- January 27, 2015, 21:00
It has been confirmed that Alcon Entertainment, producer of such hit movies as The Blind Side and Prisoners, has acquired the film rights to Shane Heg(...)