Rolls-Royce nearly triples profits in 2006
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British aerospace engine maker Rolls-Royce has said it has nearly tripled net profit last year to 998 million pounds (1.5 billion euros) thanks to a record order book.
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DaimlerChrysler AG, the world&#39;s fifth- biggest carmaker, reported a third-quarter profit as Chrysler&#39;s US sales rose. Volkswagen AG&#39;s earnings fell a seventh quarter in a row on higher sales incentives and Fiat SpA&#39;s loss widened.
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Rolls-Royce, the maker of plane engines, said Thursday a weak dollar caused its 2007 net profit to slump by more than a third to 606 million pounds.
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Diversified manufacturer Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd.  reported a sharply higher quarterly profit on Thursday that reflected a large gain on the sale of its Bobcat machinery division.
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First-quarter profit more than doubled on asset sales and income from last yearâs two biggest-selling DVD releases.
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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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The company plans to more than double its output by 2006.
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Engine maker Rolls-Royce said Monday that it has won a contract worth 1.3 billion dollars (954 million euros) with the biggest aircraft leasing company in the United States.
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Fourth-quarter profit almost doubled after it reduced costs and generated more revenue from government orders.
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Global mining giant Anglo American reported on Wednesday record profits in 2006 on the back of strong metal prices and keen Chinese demand.
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Aerospace giant Rolls-Royce said that it had won a 250 million-pound order for Trent 700 engines to power 20 Airbus A330-300 twinjets for China Eastern Airlines.
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Higher interest rates and the cost of completing acquisitions hit profits at the transport company Arriva.
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Google says its ability to cash in on web adverts helped its profits triple in the last quarter of 2006.
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The European aerospace giant EADS today announced that it had more than doubled its profits in the first nine months of the year. EADS said the increase was helped by a surge in deliveries of its Airbus passenger jets.
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Toll Brothers Inc. reported on  Thursday quarterly earnings that nearly doubled, buoyed by  growing demand for its luxury homes, and the company raised its  forecast for 2005.
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MOBILE phone maker SonyEricsson reported a tripling in quarterly pre-tax profits yesterday as it benefited from an upsurge in demand for its camera phones.
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Third-quarter operating profit at Volkswagen  rose more than 50 percent thanks to resurgent earnings at its core VW brand after the world's fourth-largest carmaker cut thousands of jobs last year.