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Philips has become purely focused on healthcare after spinning off its lighting and consumer electronics divisions in recent years

Philips buys US cardiac care company BioTelemetry

Business • 18 Dec 20

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Euronext's markets resume trading after glitches

Business • 20 Oct 20

Philips said adjusted earnings before interest, taxes and amortisation (EBITA) increased to €769m in the three months from July to September

Philips' Q3 core profit jumps 32% as Covid spurs demand

Business • 19 Oct 20

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Business • 12 Sep 20

Philips was one of several firms contracted by the US to supply 187,000 ventilators to the strategic national stockpile to treat patients affected by Covid-19

US scraps Philips ventilator order in earnings blow

Business • 04 Sep 20

Philips drops 2020 outlook as coronavirus hits its first quarter earnings

Philips drops its outlook for 2020 due to Covid-19

Business • 20 Apr 20

Philip has about 8,000 employees in China and said it has taken precautionary measures in its Chinese factories to help prevent further outbreak of the virus

Philips says virus outbreak will impact Q1 results

Business • 25 Feb 20

Philips has transformed itself into a specialised health technology company in recent years, spinning off its lighting and consumer electronics units

Philips to sell domestic appliances business

Business • 28 Jan 20

Philips spun off its lighting and consumer electronics divisions in recent years, and is now purely focused on healthcare

Trade tariffs will make Philips miss 2019 margin goal

Business • 10 Oct 19

Philips said comparable sales had improved 6% in the second quarter

Chinese spending helps boost Philips sales growth

Business • 22 Jul 19

Philips has transformed itself into a health technology specialist in recent years, shedding its consumer electronics and lighting divisions

Philips' Q1 core profit misses estimates on bleak sales

Business • 29 Apr 19

Philips said increased trade tariffs would cut around €60m from core profits this year

Philips shifts millions of production due to trade war

Business • 29 Jan 19

Philips said its core profit in the third quarter rose 6.8% to €568m

Philips Q3 profit rises less than expected

Business • 22 Oct 18

Philips focuses now more on high-end medical and health technology as well as household appliances

Electronics giant Philips posts 15% leap in Q2 profits

Business • 23 Jul 18

Philips focuses now more on high-end medical and health technology

Electronics giant Philips posts 27% drop in Q1 profits

Business • 23 Apr 18

Philips said its fourth quarter net income surged 40% to €899m

Philips posts Q4 sales growth on higher order intake

Business • 30 Jan 18

Philips recorded double-digit growth in China in the three months from July to September

Philips growth spurred by toothbrush demand in China

Business • 23 Oct 17

Philips decides to suspend the manufacture of some defibrillators in the US

Philips sees profit hit from US defibrillator blow

Business • 11 Oct 17

The deal with Spectranetics strengthens Philips' position in heart disease therapy

Philips to buy medical device maker Spectranetics

Business • 28 Jun 17

The company's third quarter group sales were dragged lower by the results of Philips Lighting

Philips' third quarter profits miss targets

Business • 24 Oct 16

Philips agrees deal for PathXL, a Belfast-based digital imaging analysis and software company

Philips buys Belfast medical imaging company

Business • 21 Jun 16

After today's IPO, Philips Lighting is the world's largest independent lighting maker

Philips Lighting shines in stock market debut

Business • 27 May 16

Philips Lighting is the world's largest lighting maker

Philips seeks to raise €694m in Lighting IPO

Business • 16 May 16

Analysts have valued Philips' lighting unit as being worth roughly €5 billion

Philips to seek IPO for Philips Lighting division

Business • 03 May 16

Sales rose to €24.2 billion amid rising orders in North America and Europe, Philips said

Electronics giant Philips posts 55% jump in profit

Business • 26 Jan 16

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