Linde profits more than triple in 2006
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German industrial gas giant Linde said Friday that bottom-line profits more than trebled last year, thanks to windfall gains from divestments, but also to a strong underlying performance.
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The European aerospace giant EADS today announced that it had more than doubled its profits in the first nine months of the year. EADS said the increase was helped by a surge in deliveries of its Airbus passenger jets.
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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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German engineering conglomerate Linde has said it has won a contract worth 1.3 billion dollars (one billion euros) to build one of the world's largest ethane crackers in the United Arab Emirates.
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The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) said Thursday that net profit rose by 15 percent to 6.2 billion pounds in 2006, boosted by its investment banking arm.
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The appliance maker's fourth-quarter profit soars on international sales.
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Global mining giant Anglo American said its net profit struck 7.304 billion dollars (4.963 billion euros) last year, up 18 percent on 2006, boosted by high output and soaring metals prices.
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Norilsk Nickel, the world&#39;s largest  nickel and palladium miner, said on Friday 2006 net profit more  than doubled on record prices and the sale of a stake in South  African miner Gold Fields Ltd..
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Third-quarter profit nearly doubled from a year ago as income from its government segment surged and the insurer reported a one-time gain.
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Air France-KLM has said it was set for healthy results in the 2006-2007 financial year after reporting that third quarter net profit had tripled to 229 million euros (299 million dollars) from the same period a year earlier.
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Anglo-Dutch food giant Unilever has reported a net profit rise of 26 percent to 5.015 billion euros (6.526 billion dollars) for the year 2006.
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Deutsche Telekom, the largest European phone company, on Thursday raised its forecast for net income in 2004 and said it planned to pay its first dividend in three years, after its third-quarter profit more than doubled.
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FedEx Corp. (FDX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world&#39;s top air-express shipper, on Thursday said quarterly profit more than tripled on strength in its international, ground and freight
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Vivendi Universal, the French owner of the world&#39;s largest record company, said on Wednesday that its third-quarter profit jumped almost sixfold, helped by tax savings.
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Swedish-Finnish telecom operator TeliaSonera, the largest in northern Europe, said its profits doubled in the second quarter as operations improved across the board.
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Swedish heavy lorry maker Volvo AB said its net profit leapt 24.5 percent in 2006 to 16.318 billion kronor (1.8 billion euros, 2.4 billion dollars), on the back of record sales.
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The company posted quarterly net profit of $904 million and revenue of $6.22 billion, up 29 percent from a year earlier.