Italian energy group Enel says first-half profit near 2.0 billion euros
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Italian electricity group Enel -- which has seen its ambitions to acquire French group Suez blocked by a plan for Suez to buy Gaz de France (GDF) -- said on that it made a net profit of nearly 2.0 billion euros in the first six months of the year.
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Memory maker announces first half-yearly profit, too
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Carrefour, the world&#39;s No. 2 retailer said Wednesday that its profit increased 5.3 percent in the first half of the year, as robust international operations and lower finance costs helped it ride out tough conditions at its core French superstores.
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Euronext has announced weaker than expected second quarter operating profit and said its proposed tie-up with the New York Stock Exchange would be finalised early next year.
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Endesa, the biggest Spanish power company, posted a 5.1-percent rise in net profit last year although earnings from domestic electricity business were weak.
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ROME Enel, the largest Italian utility, said Friday that it would receive E1.9 billion in investment compensation from the government as it sells most of its stake in the power grid operator Terna.
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Italy will raise 7.64 billion euros ($9.8 billion) from the sale of 19 percent of Enel SpA, the country&#39;s biggest power company, after banks agreed to buy shares held to meet excess demand.
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Metallo prezioso segna un apprezzamento dell'1,2%
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BHP Billiton, the world's largest miner, posted first-half net profits of 6.017 billion dollars Wednesday, down 2.4 percent.
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The company said that one-time costs and a recall of Easy-Bake Ovens drove its second-quarter profit well below year-ago results.
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Risparmio al sistema elettrico di 645,2 mln chilowattora
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Re-insurance group Swiss Re reported a 16 percent rise in first-half profit to 1.6 billion Swiss francs (1.0 billion euros, 1.3 billion dollars).
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The world&#39;s biggest mining group, BHP Billiton Ltd./Plc. said on Wednesday its second-half net profit more than doubled on strong demand for industrial raw materials, and forecast sustained high prices for commodities.
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European equities firmed slightly on  Friday while euro zone bond yields slipped after U.S.  second-quarter gross domestic product data, which rose in line  with economists' forecasts.
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European shares edged nearer to 2-1/2  year highs on Tuesday, tracking Wall Street's gains, but the  world's biggest paper maker Stora Enso fell after saying its  fourth quarter will be tough.
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Europe's biggest airline Air France-KLM has doubled its net profit in the first quarter of its financial year but poured cold water on rumours that it was preparing to rescue struggling Italian rival Alitalia.
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Shares of Enel, the dominant electricity company in Italy, had their biggest gain in seven months on Monday, the first day of trading after the Italian government sold shares worth 7.6 billion euros ($9.6 ...