BNP Paribas profit up; concerns over French retail
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French bank BNP Paribas  beat forecasts with a 28.8 percent rise in fourth-quarter net profit on Thursday, but some analysts expressed concerns over the performance of its French retail banking division.
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Third-quarter trading profit at Abbey National&#39;s core retail banking unit was ahead of the first half trend despite uncertainty caused by Santander Central Hispano&#39;s 9.1 billion pound swoop.
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Bear Stearns Cos. Inc.  on Tuesday said quarterly profit rose 22 percent, helped by a sharp rise in revenue at its investment banking division.
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British Airways PLC said Monday that net profit rose by 25.5 percent over the latest quarter and that passenger numbers also rose.
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Banks and insurers pushed European  shares higher on Wednesday, with Britain's HBOS spearheading  the gains on relief it would not be wading into a bidding war  for domestic banking peer Abbey.
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Jos. A. Bank Clothiers (JOSB:Nasdaq - news - research) posted a handsome third-quarter profit Monday, as strong Internet and catalogue sales helped drive a 17% hike in net income.
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Borders Group Inc. (BGP.N), the No. 2 U.S. bookseller, on Tuesday said quarterly earnings rose, beating estimates by the company and Wall Street, largely because of stronger-than-expected book sales.
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The leading Swiss banking group UBS announced a record net profit of 8.09 billion Swiss francs (5.30 billion euros, 6.62 billion dollars) in 2004, boosted by buoyant financial markets and increased fees.
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Carrefour, the world&#39;s No. 2 food retailer said Wednesday that its profit increased 5.3 per cent in the first half of the year, as robust international operations and lower finance costs helped
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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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The retailer reports strong earnings and lifts its outlook.
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Switzerland&#39;s struggling national airline reported a second-quarter profit of 45 million Swiss francs ($35.6 million) Tuesday, although its figures were boosted by a legal settlement in France.
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Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers yesterday posted higher-than-expected quarterly profits, fuelled by surprising strength in bond trading and investment banking growth.
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The Bank of Montreal said second-quarter profit rose 3 percent as higher fees from mutual funds and stock sales offset a big loss in commodities trading. Net income climbed to 671 million Canadian dollars ($618 million) from 651 million Canadian dollars a year earlier, the bank said. Record mutual fund sales and rising demand for loans contributed to a 24 percent increase in consumer banking profit, countering the commodities losses, which were related to natural gas trading. The bank said on May 17 that it would report a pretax trading loss of 680 million Canadian dollars. Bank of Montreal said profit was 1.31 Canadian dollars a share excluding the trading loss and other one-time items, an increase of 3.1 percent from a year ago. Revenue in the quarter, which ended April 30, rose 2.7 percent, to 2.57 billion Canadian dollars from 2.5 billion Canadian dollars.
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STOCKHOLM : Swedish fashion retailer Hennes and Mauritz posted a rise in profits for the third quarter, saying its price-cut strategy had paid off.
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Swedish fashion retailer Hennes and Mauritz posted a rise in profits for the third quarter, saying its price-cut strategy had paid off.
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European equity markets were higher on Thursday, buoyed by strong results from France Telecom  (NYSE:FTE)and Swiss engineering group ABB (NYSE:ABB) and prospects for restructuring at Italian insurer Generali.