Allied raises glass to 6% profit rise
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ALLIED Domeq, the worldâs second-biggest spirits maker, today toasted an &quot;excellent year&quot; with news of a six per cent rise in annual profit.
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The oilfield services provider said fourth-quarter profit rose almost 5 percent from a year ago, helped by growing business in the Eastern Hemisphere.
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Lloyds TSB reports an 11% rise in pre-tax profits to Â£4.25bn for 2006.
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Office Depot Inc. , the world's No. 2 office-supplies retailer, on Wednesday said quarterly profit rose on slightly higher sales at its North American stores and strong demand for its private-label items.
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Telecoms equipment supplier Ericsson says its profits have shot up sixfold, but warns that orders are hard to come by.
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Applied Materials Inc. , the top supplier of equipment for making microchips, on Tuesday said first-quarter profit nearly tripled and that second-quarter revenue could rise as much as 5 percent, sending its shares up 4.5 percent.
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The company posted quarterly net profit of $904 million and revenue of $6.22 billion, up 29 percent from a year earlier.
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Kingfisher reported a rise of 6.7 per cent in retail profit to Â£190m for the third quarter with like-for-like sales up 2.6 per cent.
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Applied Materials Inc. , the top supplier of equipment for making microchips, on Tuesday posted a quarterly profit that nearly tripled and said revenue could rise as much as 5 percent in its current quarter.
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The health insurer Aetna posted a better-than-expected third-quarter profit yesterday as membership increased, and it projected that next yearâs earnings would grow faster than Wall Street expected.
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Profit for the Internet auction giant rose 24 percent on increased business in its core auction marketplace during the holiday months.
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The nationâs largest brewer said an increase in international sales helped push its profit up 11 percent in the third quarter.
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The company raises earnings guidance, boosting the stock.
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Corning Inc., the specialty glass maker, said that its fourth-quarter profit rose 11 percent, topping expectations.
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The company said quarterly profit would be higher than analystsâ estimates and it raised its full-year outlook as exchange rates and price and volume increases offset high commodity costs.
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Vivendi Universal, the French owner of the world&#39;s largest record company, said on Wednesday that its third-quarter profit jumped almost sixfold, helped by tax savings.
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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.