Kirin Posts Record Operating Profit in 2006
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By Takuya Karube, Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Feb. 7--TOKYO -- Kirin Brewery Co.
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Archer Daniels Midland posted a record quarterly profit on higher selling prices for ethanol and corn sweetener.
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French oil giant Total posts a record 12.58bn-euro net profit in 2006, but fourth-quarter earnings slip as oil prices fall.
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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Feb. 8--TOKYO -- Three major beer brewers in Japan saw record high  profits in their 2006 business year through Dec.
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The stock exchange operator Deutsche BÃ¶rse said its profit in 2006 was up 56 percent. The company, which operates the Frankfurt stock exchange, said it earned 668.7 million euros ($879.01 million) in 2006 compared with 427.4 million euros ($562.25 million) a year earlier. Revenue rose to 1.85 billion euros ($2.43 billion) from 1.63 billion euros. The company did not release fourth-quarter profit figures, but said revenue during the period rose to 466.4 million euros ($613.08 million) from 408.8 million euros in 2005.
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Swedish heavy lorry maker Volvo AB said its net profit leapt 24.5 percent in 2006 to 16.318 billion kronor (1.8 billion euros, 2.4 billion dollars), on the back of record sales.
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Budget airline Ryanair reports a 30% profit rise for the last three months of 2006, despite rising fuel costs.
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The Tokyo-based company posted a net profit of 131.6 billion yen ($1.22 billion) for 2007 as brisk tire sales and a weaker yen offset a rise in raw material costs.
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Steel giant Arcelor Mittal reports profits of $2.37bn for the final quarter of 2006, the first results since last year's merger.
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Japan's Nintendo Co. on Tuesday raised its 2006/07 net profit forecast by 20.5 percent, beating market expectations, thanks to strong sales of its DS hand-held video game player and a weaker-than-expected yen.
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Japanese tech conglomerate Sharp Corp  reported a 5.5 percent rise in quarterly operating profit to a record high, as rivals delayed opening new plants, slowing price declines for the big LCD panels it specializes in.
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COLES Myer chief John Fletcher yesterday declared the company on track to reach $800 million in annual profit by 2006 after handing down the highest result in the company&#39;s history, with all key divisions firing.
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Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) posted a  surprise 12 percent gain in quarterly operating profit on  Friday as a pickup in its global car sales outweighed rising  commodity prices, and it kept its full-year forecasts  unchanged.
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Gazprom, Russiaâs natural gas export monopoly, said 2006 profit doubled, to a record $22.6 billion, beating estimates, as it sold more fuel at higher prices. Net income surged 97 percent, to 613.3 billion rubles, from 311.1 billion rubles a year earlier, the state-run company said. The profit equals $22.6 billion at the average ruble rate for the period and is 8.2 percent higher than the median estimate of six analysts in a Bloomberg survey. Rising prices in Europe, where Gazprom has a quarter of the market, and increased shipments to former Soviet nations drove the gain in earnings, the highest ever reported by a Russian company. Gazprom, based in Moscow, relies entirely on exports for profit because it loses money on sales in Russia, where prices are capped.
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The company said second-quarter profit rose 7 percent, to $460 million, helped by higher information technology sales and an insurance gain at its shipbuilding unit.
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The Swedish-Finnish telecommunications operator TeliaSonera reported a record profit in the third quarter despite stagnant sales as associated companies posted a tripling of income.
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Gallaher Group, the tobacco firm being bought by Japan Tobacco, has said that its net profit jumped by 9.2 percent to 403 million pounds in 2006.