Companies, such as retailers Inditex and H&M, are using the resiliency honed in famously inhospitable home markets to succeed overseas
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Slide Show: Europe's Top Performers
Last year the German stock exchange broke its losing streak with a couple of smart mergers, but it's being challenged by cheaper, faster electronic competitors
Profits are high and the household cleaners giant is no longer content to rest in P&G's shadow. A move into health care products could boost sales even more
Slide Show: A Harvest of Household Names
A dip in first-quarter earnings won't hold back the Dutch photolithography equipment maker, which will roll out new technology to produce even finer circuits