date:Aug 10, 2012
The company said it had a profit of 5,120 million Swiss francs ($5,247 million), which compared with a profit of 4,703 million Swiss francs during the same period of the previous year. Sales for the period were 44,097 million Swiss francs ($45,180 million), up 8% from 41,004 million Swiss francs during the same period of the previous year.
Our first-half performance shows the relevance of our strategic road map in todays new reality and demonstrates our swift and disciplined execution behind it,