Standard Chartered profits leap 17 percent in 2006
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Standard Chartered, the Britain-based emerging markets bank, said Tuesday that strong economic growth in its key Asian markets helped boost its net profits by almost one fifth in 2006.
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A strong performance from the heavyweight banking sector helped the FTSE 100 rise 150 points.
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IRISH drinks firm C&amp;C today posted a six per cent rise in first-half profits. The owner of Bulmers cider in Ireland and Ballygowan mineral water said operating profit in the six months to August 31 rose 6.1
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TD Bank has reported &quot;solid, broad-based results&quot; with a 17 per cent rise in quarterly earnings and a dividend increase - along with a $3.
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Temasek Holdings, the biggest shareholder in Standard Chartered, increased its stake in the British bank to 18 percent, increasing the financial services investments in its $100 billion portfolio. Temasek bought 12 million shares of Standard Chartered, raising its holding by one percentage point, the bank said in a filing. Standard Chartered gets most of its profit from Asia and spent more than $2.7 billion since 2006 on acquisitions, including Hsinchu International Bank in Taiwan and Union Bank Ltd. in Pakistan. The shares purchased by Temasek, worth Â£220 million ($436 million), lift the total holding to 253.7 million shares.
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NATIONAL Australia Bank shares rose sharply yesterday despite a 19.7 per cent fall in annual net profit to $3.2 billion. Investors took comfort in chief executive John Stewart&#39;s
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Lloyds TSB reports an 11% rise in pre-tax profits to Â£4.25bn for 2006, but predicts a "challenging" 2007.
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French banking power BNP Paribas said Thursday it had weathered the impact of a global credit squeeze in the third quarter, when its net earning soared 21 percent from the same period last year.
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Brewer Scottish and Newcastle has reported a 22.0-percent leap in net profit in 2006, but issued a cautious outlook for 2007 owing to a smoking ban which comes into force across England in July.
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The share price of Standard Life has risen following flotation of its stock on the British stock market.
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Standard Chartered has bank, reported on Tuesday that net profits soared by almost one fifth last year, helped by strong economic growth in its key Asian markets.
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St George Bank, Australia&#39;s fifth-largest, says annual net profit rose 18 per cent to A$717 million ($782 million) on stronger housing and business lending and it forecasts double-digit
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Barclays, the UK's third-biggest bank, has said that interim net profits soared 25.3 percent, with strong investment banking offsetting a jump in bad consumer-loan write-offs.
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Barclays, the nation's third-biggest bank, has said that net profit surged by 33 percent to a record 4.571 billion pounds in 2006, lifted by its investment banking arm.
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Food and drinks firm C&amp;C Group today said profits had risen 6% despite bad weather and the public smoking ban. C&amp;C, formerly known as Cantrell &amp; Cochrane, said operating profits had increased to â¬64.
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THE Australia and New Zealand Banking Group announced a record increase in full-year profit of almost 20 per cent yesterday. ANZ, the smallest of Australia&#39;s big four banks, generated after-tax profit of $2.
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Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto posts a 42% jump in full year profits in 2006 to a record $7.4bn.