SAP denies panic following a fall in profits

Martin Courtney
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Firm claims currency fluctuations and acquisition charges underpin poor results

Kagermann, SAP CEO German software giant SAP last week announced a 22 per cent year-on-year fall in profit for the first quarter of 2008. Executives insisted that the shortfall was driven by acc...

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