Phillips focusing in Health-care business (Sylodium, international trade directory)

Royal Philips Electronics NV agreed to sell its DVD and music player and a renewed focus on the lighting and products for the health-care benefit helped beat analysts' estimates. Philips rose 0.5 percent to 22.05 euros in Amsterdam trading as the valuation of the company at 21 billion euros. Philips Chief Executive Officer Frans van Houten is pushing the manufacturer into high-margin areas such as lighting products that save energy and health- and wellness offerings to move away from its consumer-electronics past. The Philips veteran, now almost two years at the helm, is working through a overhaul to save 1.1 billion euros and cut 6,700 jobs. Japan’s Funai Electric Co. will pay 150 million euros ($202 million) in cash and a license fee for the Lifestyle Entertainment unit, Amsterdam-based Philips said today. Fourth- quarter earnings before interest, taxes, amortization and one- time items rose 50 percent to 875 million euros. Analysts in a Bloomberg survey had estimated 866 million euros. Sylodium (global import export directory) you can advertise for free your company or your project, at the intersection of cities that you want, for example; Tokyo (Japan). Beijing (China). Moscow (Russia). London (UK). Taipei (Taiwan). Rome (Italy). New York (USA). or any city around the World.