HMV full-year profits drop sharply
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HMV Group PLC reported Thursday that full-year profits fell 71 percent amid intense competition, and the British music and books company said it was in talks about selling its unit in Japan.
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Music giant EMI sees profits fall in the first half of the year after opting to delay its major releases.
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London equities fell on Wednesday after Marks & Spencer reported its worst quarterly sales performance for two and a half years.
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BERLIN  - Volkswagen AG reported a 65 per cent drop in third-quarter net profits amid fiercely competitive markets and difficult economic conditions such as a strong euro and high oil prices.
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US mortgage lender Freddie Mac suffers a steep fall in second quarter profits, as record defaults on home loans take their toll.
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Manchester United says player transfers and a weaker performance on the pitch cut its full-year profits by nearly a third.
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Manchester United have announced a fall in pre-tax profits to Â£27.9million for the financial year ending July 31. Profits were down from Â£39.
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Mobile telephone giant Vodafone reported a two percent fall in half-year underlying profits as the group added 7.4 million new customers.
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French carmaker Peugeot-Citroen reports a slump in full-year profits, amid weakening worldwide sales.
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Annual profits at broadcaster ITV fall  as a result of a continuing decline in advertising revenues.
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Bradford & Bingley reports a sharp fall in profits after writing down the value of its sub-prime assets.
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The manufacturer said earnings fell 54 percent from a year-ago period which included its former health-care and electronics units. Adjusted profit topped Wall Street expectations by a wide margin.
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Health Management Associates , which operates 59 hospitals in the United States, reported a 59 percent drop in its third-quarter profit on Friday after an increase in uninsured patients and mounting unpaid bills for its services.
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Net profit dropped at the consumer products maker to 721 million euros ($1.04 billion) in the last three months of 2007, from 2.03 billion euros a year earlier.
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Allstate Corp.  the second largest home and auto insurer in the United States, on Wednesday said profits fell largely because of hurricane related damage claims.
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Business & money: UK life insurer attempts to streamline its business after seeing its profits virtually wiped out last year
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3M Co  said on Tuesday fourth-quarter earnings fell as last year's results included a gain for selling a business.