date:Oct 18, 2013
es in China growing for the second consecutive quarter, up 1.1 percent after a 0.4 percent rise in the second quarter. Brazil achieved like-for-like growth of 8.8 percent after 7.1 percent in the second quarter.
GERMANY LEADS THE WAY
Metro, which runs cash and carries, supermarkets, department stores and Europe's biggest consumer electronics chain, reported third-quarter sales fell 2.1 percent to 15.5 billion euros, meeting analysts' average forecast.
However, sales grew 1.8 percent after str