Vivendi 2006 net adjusted profit up 18 pct
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French media and telecoms group Vivendi   on Wednesday posted an 18 percent rise in adjusted  full-year net profit, pulled mainly by Maroc Telecom   and its games, French mobile and pay-TV units.
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The French oil giant said fourth-quarter profit rose 62% to 3.6 billion euros ($5.23 billion) as oil prices rose and and new projects in Angola and Qatar raised production.
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French telecoms and media group Vivendi   reported a 10.3 percent rise in second-quarter 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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Vivendi Universal posted a near doubling  in its first-half net loss to 1.86 billion euros ($2.28  billion) on Tuesday, hit by currency translation losses linked  to its entertainment deal with NBC, but cellphone unit SFR  boosted profits at the operating level.
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France&#39;s largest media company, Vivendi Universal, raised its 2004 earnings forecast as it reported a 19 percent increase in third-quarter underlying operating profit, buoyed by a rebound in music and strong mobile phone sales.
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French luxury goods group LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton posted a six percent increase in sales for the full year 2004 and said that operating profits rose 10 percent.
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Vivendi Universal raised its 2004  earnings forecast as it reported a 19 percent increase in  underlying third-quarter profit on Wednesday, driven mainly by  strong mobile phone sales.
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Confectionery and soft drinks giant Cadbury Schweppes has said that net profit jumped 50 percent in 2006 to 1.165 billion pounds following the sale of its Europe Beverages business.
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Global food giant Nestle on Thursday reported a rise in 2006 net profits to more than seven billion dollars and said prospects for the year ahead looked good as it moves further into the health and wellbeing markets.
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Media and mobile telephone group Vivendi Universal said that third-quarter profits had risen by nearly sixfold and upgraded its full-year profit outlook owing to a change in tax arrangements.
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Advertising and marketing giant WPP said Friday that net profit jumped by 19.8 percent in 2006 to 435.8 million pounds, as sales grew strongly across emerging powers, notably in Asia.
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Dutch banking and insurance group ING has reported a 6.7-percent rise in 2006 net profit to 7.69 billion euros (10.1 billion dollars).
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French food giant Groupe Danone has said that 2006 operating profits rose 10.1 percent to 1.914 billion euros (2.50 billion dollars), on sales that rose 8.1 percent to 14.073 billion euros.
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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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French telecoms and media group Vivendi   VIV.PA reported a 10.9 percent rise in its 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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France's largest media company, Vivendi Universal, raised its 2004 earnings forecast as it reported a 19 percent increase in third-quarter underlying operating profit, buoyed by a rebound in music and strong mobile phone sales.
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Wyeth  on Thursday raised its  2006 profit forecast and said its recently approved Tygacil  antibiotic and three experimental medicines all could post  annual sales in the billions of dollars.