BHP Billiton posts H1 profit of 6.017 billion dollars
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BHP Billiton, the world's largest miner, posted first-half net profits of 6.017 billion dollars Wednesday, down 2.4 percent.
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BHP Billiton chief executive Chip Goodyear yesterday insisted this week&#39;s record profit &quot;isn&#39;t as good as it gets&quot;, as the market wrestled with how to value the stock amid speculation that its share price was near cycle peaks.
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Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell reports record annual profits of Â£25.36bn (Â£12.94bn).
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Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton on Wednesday announced Australia&#39;s biggest ever annual net profit, US$3.51 billion (euros 2.84 billion), thanks to soaring demand.
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BHP Billiton, the worldâs largest mining company, reported a 41 percent jump in first-half net profit and said it would add $10 billion to a previously announced plan to buy back $3 billion in shares, but surprised investors by announcing that its chief executive, Charles W. Goodyear, would retire this year. Mr. Goodyear said his decision to retire after nine years â five as chief â was part personal and part professional. âI generally stay in an organization for something like eight to nine years and thatâs good for personal renewal and for corporate renewal.â.
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Oil giant BP today posted record profits of $3.94bn (Â£2.14bn) after fuel prices hit new highs. The third quarter performance of Britain&#39;s biggest listed company came as oil prices rose to an average of almost $50 a barrel.
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Hewlett-Packard Co. , the  world's No. 2 personal computer maker, reported on Wednesday a  forecast-beating profit on sales growth across its main  divisions and unveiled a record $6 billion share buyback.
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The Anglo-Australian mining giant unveils record profits of $3.4bn, helped by soaring demand from China.
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SYDNEY : Global mining giant BHP Billiton posted the biggest net profit in Australian corporate history as soaring commodities prices and strong demand from China pushed net profit up 83 percent to 3.51 billion US dollars.
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NEW YORK, October 5  - BHP Billiton Limited (BHP.NYS), the world&#39;s largest mining company, has announced its plans to return up to A$1.
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BHP Billiton Ltd./Plc. , the worldâs largest diversified miner, said on Tuesday it would buy back up to A$1.5 billion ($1.1 billion) of its shares.
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HPâs first-quarter net income grew 38 percent to $2.1 billion, as revenue climbed 13 percent to $28.5 billion, beating the muted expectations of Wall Street analysts.
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First-half earnings of Shanghai Petrochemical plunge    HONG KONG, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- The pre-tax profit of Shanghai Petrochemical, an oil refiner under Sinopec, plummeted 97.6 percent to 52.7 million yuan (6.6 million U.S.
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The world's biggest miner BHP Billiton has reported a record first-half profit of 6.168 billion dollars, and said it expected China to continue to drive global demand for commodities.
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Pension costs have caused the country&#39;s second-biggest water utility Severn Trent to post a 6.5-percent fall in first-half profit, though the earnings have been overshadowed
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PERTH (Dow Jones)--Having secured Chinese iron ore sales worth US$12.2 billion, Australia-based global miner BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) said Tuesday that a further aggressive
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The Internet search giant posted profit of $1.07 billion, fueled by strong performance in its search and advertising business.