Autonomy reports big jump in pre-tax profits
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Revenue up 18 per cent Cambridge-based business software firm Autonomy said it has seen its pre-tax profits rocket by 89 per cent for the first half of the year.â¦
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HARTFORD, Conn. - Aetna Inc. Thursday reported a huge surge in third quarter profits from a one-time tax refund and increased revenue from higher membership.
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Marks and Spencer, the British clothing-to-food retailer, confirmed its recovery under chief executive Stuart Rose with a 47.6-percent rise in annual pre-tax profits.
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American companies stepped up their dividend increases in 2004, buoyed by strong cash flows and by a changed tax law.
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Investors are wowed by the firmâs first quarterly earnings report since it became a publicly-owned company, which showed sales and profit more than doubled in the third quarter.
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Barclays Bank announces a pre-tax profit of Â£7.14bn in 2006 - up by 35% on the previous year.
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Third-quarter profit rose 15 percent to $1.28 billion as premium and fee growth in its Medicaid business helped offset lower enrollment in employer-sponsored programs.
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(InfoWorld) - Autonomy Corp.Â is acquiring Zantaz, a provider of e-discovery and content archiving software, for $375 million in cash, the companies announced Tuesday. Autonomy, of Cambridge, England, will operate Zantaz, of Pleasanton, California, as a division of Autonomy. Zantaz CEO Steve King will retain his position at the Zantaz division. The publicly traded Autonomy posted net profit of $48 million on revenue of $250 million in 2006, whileÂ privately held ZantazÂ reported $106 million in revenue, according to a May 2007 IDC research report. E-discovery is an emerging marketÂ within the field of data storage, archiving, and recovery. Organizations are increasingly being called upon to produce copies of electronic documents, such as e-mail, voice mail, and instant messages, to respond to lawsuits or government investigations. IDC reports the global market for e-discovery software and hosted services grew to $477 million in 2006, an increase of 47 percent from 2005's $330 million. The revenue split between software and hosted services is about 60-40 IDC reports. The combination of Autonomy and Zantaz will bring together consolidated archiving, e-discovery, analytics, and real-time policy management services into one system, the companies stated in a news release. Autonomy says the acquisition will produce cost savings of $25 million a year and be accretive to earnings in six months. The deal is expected to close by August, assuming shareholder and regulatory approvals are granted.
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Anglo American reported a 76 percent increase in annual profit as it increased production capacity and benefited from higher metal prices. It also said it would buy back $3 billion worth of its shares. Anglo said profit for 2006 came to nearly $6.2 billion, up from $3.52 billion the previous year. Revenue rose 12 percent, to $38.6 billion. Excluding one-time items, Angloâs profit rose 46 percent, to $5.5 billion. The company did not break out quarterly results. âOur strong performance was due to increased production across the majority of our businesses and higher prices, in particular for base metals, platinum and iron ore,â the chief executive, Tony Trahar, said. Operating profit from gold rose 41 percent, the company said. Operating profit from diamonds was down 21 percent.
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A mouse, a house, and your tax-planning spouse all factor huge in the week of earnings that lies ahead.
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Profits double at American Greetings as new initiatives gain traction.
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Better margins yield much-improved earnings.
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Media & professional: Â· Report shows corporation surpassed savings targets  Â· Group income goes up 5% on top of licence fee rise
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ATI saw its income almost triple during its most recently completed fiscal quarter, Q4 2004, the company said yesterday after announcing record results.
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The Plano-based computer-services company cites increased technology spending by clients and an income tax benefit. Perot Systems increased its earnings estimate to a range of 21 cents to 23 cents a share for the third quarter.
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Net income in the fiscal first-quarter rose to $509 million, from $440 million a year earlier, while revenue rose seven percent to $2.
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PARIS, Sept 8  - The French hotel chain Accor said Wednesday that pre-tax first-half profit had jumped 25 percent to EUR 225 million (USD 270 million) as business picked up in high-end hotels abroad.