NETHERLANDS: CSM warns on profits
By Dean Best | 5 July 2011
Shares in CSM tumbled this morning (5 July) after a jump in commodity costs forced the Dutch food group to issue a profit warning.
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Shares in CSM tumbled this morning (5 July) after a jump in commodity costs forced the Dutch food group to issue a profit warning.
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