Standard Chartered profits up 19%
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Annual profits at Standard Chartered are up 19%, helped by growth in Korea and new markets such as China.
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The share price of Standard Life has risen following flotation of its stock on the British stock market.
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Food and drinks firm C&amp;C Group today said profits had risen 6% despite bad weather and the public smoking ban. C&amp;C, formerly known as Cantrell &amp; Cochrane, said operating profits had increased to â¬64.
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Men&#39;s apparel retailer Joseph A. Bank Clothiers Inc. on Monday reported third-quarter profit climbed 19 percent as results benefited from growth in catalog and Internet sales.
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Citigroup Inc. C.N, the world's  largest financial services company, on Thursday said  fourth-quarter profit rose 12 percent, helped by growth in its  consumer and investment banking businesses.
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Investment manager Hargreaves Lansdown sees profits jump 67% and remains upbeat despite recent market turmoil.
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Business & money: Shares jump more than 12% after embattled bank reveals takeover offers.
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NEW YORK -- Citigroup Inc., the biggest U.S. bank, said Friday its second-quarter profit rose 18 percent after pulling in record revenues, driven largely by strength in overseas operations.
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Morgan Stanley  on Wednesday  said its second-quarter earnings rose 41 percent to a new  record, beating expectations on higher trading and investment  banking results.
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United Utilities, the water and electricity distributor, raised first-half pre-tax profit by 13 per cent to Â£188m following growth across all its operations.
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Discount retailer meets expectations, forecasts 19% earnings gain next quarter.
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The London Stock Exchange reports an 87% rise in quarterly revenues, helped by the purchase of Borsa Italiana.
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British American Tobacco posted a 20% rise in profits today and said a business-transforming deal in the United States had shown early promise.
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Britannia Building Society thanks its recent purchase of Bristol & West for lifting first-half profits to a record Â£76m.
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Halliburton Co. , the world's second-largest oil services company, said on Monday second-quarter profit from continuing operations rose 19 percent, topping Wall Street views, helped by new international contracts and stronger demand from its customers.
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ANZ reported a record rise in post tax operating profit today, announcing a 20 per cent jump to $2.8 billion for the year ending September 2004.
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Clothing retailer Gap sees its latest profits rise 19% as continuing cost-cutting offsets a fall in sales.