Anglo American profits grow 46%
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Mining giant Anglo American is to return $3bn to shareholders after reporting a 46% rise in annual profits.
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French oil giant Total SA said Wednesday that fourth-quarter profits rose 62 percent as oil prices surged and new projects in Angola and Qatar boosted production.
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General Electric Co.âs third-quarter earnings rose 11 percent,and revenue jumped 15 percent as a rebounding economy and acquisitions drove a sharp increase in orders, the company said Friday.
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DIVERSIFIED industrial group Barloworld surprised the market yesterday with a 45% jump in headline earnings a share in the year to September, exceeding I-Net Bridge's forecasts.
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Dell Inc. said Thursday that preliminary second-quarter earnings jumped 46 percent on stronger sales of enterprise products and services, improved average selling prices and favorable component costs.
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British American Tobacco, the firm behind the Lucky Strike and Dunhill brands, sold 6% more cigarettes in the first nine months of the year and saw profits rise 20% to Â£1.
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The company reports improving fundamentals and posts a 79% increase in Q3 earnings.
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White Mountains Insurance turns in 18% gains in book value and big revenue and profit leaps.
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Daily Mail & General Trust reports a 9% rise in annual profits and points to signs of recovery in the advertising market.
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Barclays, the third-biggest British bank, has said that net profit surged by 33 percent to a record 4.571 billion pounds (6.782 billion euros, 8.906 billion dollars) in 2006, lifted by its investment banking arm.
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Nike beat expectations yesterday with a 46 per cent jump in second quarter profit, boosted by strong demand in the US and emerging markets and the weak US dollar.
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Ryder System Inc. R.N on Monday  posted a nearly 45 percent increase in quarterly net profit  amid increased demand for transport services, especially in its  commercial truck leasing business.
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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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Car insurer Admiral unveils a 24% jump in profits to Â£68.7m for the first six months of the year.
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American Express said yesterday that record spending had fueled a 12 percent jump in profit.
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Fourth-quarter profit surged at Alcan Inc.   on higher aluminum prices, the company said on Wednesday.
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Barrick Gold and Newmont Mining said profit surged in the fourth quarter as the price of bullion jumped.