Bertelsmann 1st-Half Profit Jumps on TV, Music Units
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Bertelsmann AG, whose Random House unit publishes ``The Da Vinci Code&#39;&#39; and Bill Clinton&#39;s autobiography, said first-half profit quadrupled as earnings improved at its television and music businesses.
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The multimedia entertainment retailer doubles earnings despite poor book sales and video rentals.
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Flat screen maker LG.Philips LCD Co Ltd  reported its strongest ever quarterly profit on Monday, rebounding from a year-ago loss, as solid demand and tight supplies kept screen prices firm.
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French telecoms and media group Vivendi   reported a 10.9 percent rise in first-half net adjusted profit   on Thursday, as growth from games and pay-TV Canal Plus made up   for lackluster trading at mobile arm SFR.
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Resona Holdings Inc., Japan&#39;s fifth- largest bank by assets, said it turned to a first-half profit after it cut costs and increased fee income, accelerating its recovery from a $19 billion government bailout last year.
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Bertelsmann, the world's  fourth-largest media group, almost tripled operating earnings  in the six months to June, helped by cost cuts and higher sales  mainly at its music and television units.
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Bertelsmann, the world's fifth-biggest media group, has said that group earnings were up first six months of the current year, thanks to the strong performance of its RTL television arm and new acquisitions.
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Dutch brewer Heineken NV reported a   14 percent rise in first-half operating profit, beating   forecasts, after strong sales growth in the Americas and   eastern Europe.
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British pay-TV company BSkyB said its first-quarter profit climbed as its closely-watched subscriber growth figures surpassed analyst expectations.
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Third-quarter profits at Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV surged on one-time gains from stakes sold in two companies floated on the capital market, Europe&#39;s largest consumer electronics maker said Tuesday in a statement.
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Publishing &amp; Broadcasting Ltd.&#39;s second-half profit more than doubled as advertising sales and gaming returns increased at the owner of Australia&#39;s top-rating television network and the nation&#39;s biggest casino.
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French media group Vivendi Universal has reported a 48-percent jump in net profit for the first half of 2006, to 1.8 billion euros, and confirmed its forecast of at least 16-percent growth for the full year.
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First-quarter profit more than doubled on asset sales and income from last yearâs two biggest-selling DVD releases.
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Third-quarter operating profit rose more than 50 percent thanks to resurgent earnings at the companyâs core VW brand.
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Belo Corp. BLC.N on Thursday said  quarterly profit rose 26 percent as political advertising  revenue at its TV stations during the presidential election  campaign outweighed weakness at its Dallas Morning News  newspaper.
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Pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Synthelabo said it had increased net profit in the first half of the year by 20.6 percent from the same period last year to 1.138 billion euros (1.38 billion dollars).
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Electricals-to-furniture retailer Kesa Electricals has said that its net profit jumped by over half during the first half, boosted by demand for televisions ahead of the recent World Cup.