Sales increase lifts BAE profits
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Defence firm BAE Systems posts a 15% rise in half-year profits after seeing a strong increase in sales.
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Shares in BAE Systems PLC, Europe's largest defense contractor, rose Friday after a report that it is close to sealing a $40.4 billion) deal with Saudi Arabia for 20 Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft next week.
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Johnson & Johnson  on Tuesday  said second-quarter profit rose on higher sales of medical  devices and prescription drugs, with especially strong demand  in overseas markets.
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British defence company BAE Systems said on Thursday that net profits almost tripled in 2006 after the sale of its 20-percent holding in troubled European aircraft maker Airbus to parent aerospace group EADS.
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A surge in Airbus plane deliveries helped European Aeronautic Defence &amp; Space Co. to more than triple its profit in the third quarter, the company said Thursday as it raised its earnings forecast.
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Military contractors Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics posted higher third-quarter profit and raised their financial forecasts due to strong Pentagon spending.
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B/E Aerospace Inc.  said on Monday that quarterly operating profit rose 78 percent on higher sales and bigger margins and the world's largest maker of plane seats raised its 2007 earnings outlook.
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Home furnishings retailer Bed Bath &  Beyond Inc.  posted a higher quarterly profit on  Wednesday as sales rose.
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The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company said that strong defence operations and increased Airbus orders had led it to lift its operating profit forecast for 2004 to more than 2.3 billion euros (3.0 billion dollars) from 2.2 billion previously.
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LONDON : The British defence and aerospace giant BAE Systems posted an 18 percent rise in interim headline profits on the back of a strong performance in North America and by airplane maker Airbus.
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British defence group BAE Systems has reported an interim profits surge but gave an insight into problems at Airbus, saying the European planemaker might have to ask shareholders for funds.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - Northrop Grumman said Wednesday its third-quarter profit rose 51 percent as higher sales of ships and missiles contributed to wider operating margins.
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US equipment maker Caterpillar  reports a rise in quarterly profit on strong international sales.
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British retail sales rose much more than expected in November, driven by strength across nearly all categories running into the key Christmas holiday shopping season.
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British gas giant BG Group has said that net profits leapt 23 percent last year on rising production and increased energy prices.
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Sales of commercial aircraft boost profits at the US plane manufacturer Boeing as military sales fall.
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Sainsbury's thanks a rise in first quarter sales on its ongoing efforts to improve stock levels and availability.