Allete's full-year earnings rise
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Utility operator and real estate company Allete Inc.  on Friday posted higher 2006 full-year earnings compared with the previous year, when charges from a power purchase agreement weighed.
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Travel: Rail fare increases last year a full percentage point up on previous year.
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PARIS, Nov 4  - European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company on Thursday raised its forecast for full-year earnings as it said net profit more than doubled in the first nine months of the year.
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Profit at SLM Corp. soared in last year's final quarter, propelling the big education finance company to a 25 percent jump in annual earnings over 2003.
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Pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Synthelabo said it had increased net profit in the first half of the year by 20.6 percent from the same period last year to 1.138 billion euros (1.38 billion dollars).
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Consumer products giant Unilever posts a 7% rise in full-year profits as its European business returns to growth.
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The Pepsi Bottling Group reported higher-than-expected profit yesterday, helped by cost controls and price increases, and raised its full-year forecast, sending its shares up.
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First Industrial Realty Trust (FR.N) on Monday raised its profit forecast for the third quarter and full year, citing higher gains from the sale of properties owned by its joint venture.
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Temp firm posts strong revenue growth, stronger earnings, rampant dilution.
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Fiat predicts full-year results will be at the top of its target range after strong profits in the third quarter.
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Allmerica Financial Corp.'s third-quarter earnings rose 55 percent, and the property and casualty operations reported ''solid&quot; pretax segment earnings for the period despite being hurt by catastrophe losses primarily related to hurricanes in the Southeast. The Worcester insurance and financial services holding company said earnings were $17.7 million, or 33 cents a share, for the quarter, up from net income ...
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Newell Rubbermaid Inc  raised its full-year and current-quarter earnings guidance on Monday, after it resolved some tax matters that resulted in a benefit of about $39 million, or 14 cents a share in the current quarter.
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Aetna Inc  posted a better-than-expected third-quarter profit on Thursday as membership increased, and the health insurer projected next year's earnings would grow faster than Wall Street expected.
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Due to split into two next summer, Finnish engineering group Kone on Friday posted full-year earnings before interest and tax of 547 euros, up from 437 million euros the year before.
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The retailer's earnings improve a lot despite soft sales.
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Higher prices and increased marketing helped sales, and it raised its full-year 2008 forecast.
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German insurance giant Allianz said Thursday it booked a record net profit of 7.021 billion euros (9.2 billion dollars) in 2006, well above target, and expected to continue to grow in the coming years.