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New not enough to drive General Mills sales
The worldwide introduction of 250 new items in the couldn’t help General Mills overcome other challenges that caused sales and profits to decline during the company’s first quarter.
Total company sales during the quarter ended August 24 declined 2% to $4.27 billion and earnings per share fell to 55 cents from 70 cents last year with the U.S. retail climate causing much of the company’s difficulties.
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Amazon and Bango launch carrier billing for apps in German
New York -- Amazon and the U.K.-based mobile payments company, Bango, have teamed up with Germany’s Telefónica Deutschland to deliver carrier billing services on Telefónica’s network in Germany. The service will allow people who buy paid apps and make in-app purchases through Amazon’s appstore to charge that directly to their phone bills.
The service will be deployed gradually through next year on certain Amazon mobile applications running on Telefónica devices in Germany.