Majestic toasts 27% profits rise
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Majestic Wines has seen its half-year profits increase by 27%, helped by demand for wine from Italy and Chile.
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Buoyed by the strong performance of ESPN and its other cable channels, the Walt Disney Company said yesterday that its profit rose 24 percent in its fiscal fourth quarter.
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The phone company reported an 89 percent rise in fourth-quarter profit, bolstered by a benefit related to income tax.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. , the first of Wall Street's biggest firms to report second-quarter earnings, said profit rose 27 percent to a record as a rally in stocks fueled equity trading and investment-banking revenue increased.
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The telephone company reported an 89 percent increase in quarterly profit, aided by an income tax benefit and an increase in high-speed Internet subscribers.
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Industrial conglomerate Emerson Electric Co  reported a 27 percent jump in quarterly net profit on Tuesday, reflecting continued strength in its network power segment and its process management unit, which serves the booming energy sector.
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Media giant News Corp today posted a 27% rise in first quarter net profit today, prompting chief Rupert Murdoch to declare that the US-bound company is on the cusp of a new era of prosperity.
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McDonald&#39;s (MCD) third-quarter earnings rose a higher-than-expected 42% on a preliminary basis, the world&#39;s largest restaurant chain said Wednesday, citing strong sales in the United States and a lower tax rate.
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Molson Coors Brewing Co.   (TAPnv.TO) said on Thursday that quarterly net income rose,  helped by higher pricing and volume growth.
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Molson Coors Brewing Co.   reported quarterly profit on Thursday that trounced analysts expectations, aided by higher pricing and volume growth, sending its shares up more than 6 percent.
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The EstÃ©e Lauder Companies posted a 22 percent increase in quarterly profit yesterday as higher sales of anti-wrinkle creams, hair-care and cosmetic products offset weaker fragrance purchases.
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Constellation Brands, the wine and spirits company, said on Tuesday that third-quarter profit rose 11 percent, lifted by strong liquor sales, a growing wine business in North America and the acquisition of Svedka vodka.
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Sears reported a 27 percent increase in earnings and Kohlâs said earnings rose 29.3 percent on strong sales of its exclusive brands.
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Pepsi Bottling Group , the largest bottler of Pepsi drinks, on Tuesday said quarterly net profit rose, helped by volume growth.
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The company said first-quarter profit rose 14 percent on strong sales growth across nearly all regions.
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SABMiller, the brewing company, said Thursday that its first-half profits rose 28 percent compared with the first half of the previous year.
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MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--Fresh from two major acquisitions, Australia&#39;s biggest gambling company Tabcorp Ltd. (TAH.AU) Thursday said annual net profit rose 23% to A$311.