Esprit H2 profit to rise 10 pct on European sales
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Esprit Holdings Ltd. 0330.HK, the   world's fifth-largest fashion retailer, is set to post a 10   percent rise in second-half earnings on Wednesday as strong   European sales offset a poor product mix and a weak euro.
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HSBC Holdings  on Monday said its 2006 profits rose 5 percent, short of analysts' expectations, as Europe's biggest bank took a $10.6 billion hit for bad debts after problems in its U.S. mortgage lending.
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German sports goods maker Adidas-Salomon  ADSG.DE expects sales in Europe to rise by a single-digit  percentage in 2005 despite a recent order decline in its main  market, its chief executive said on Tuesday.
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EADS, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, is expecting deliveries of its Airbus aircraft maker to rise by 10 percent next year, the group's co-chairman Rainer Hertrich revealed.
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French telecoms and media group Vivendi   reported a 10.3 percent rise in second-quarter net adjusted   profit on Thursday as growth from games and pay-TV Canal Plus   made up for lackluster trading at mobile arm SFR.
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France&#39;s largest media company, Vivendi Universal, raised its 2004 earnings forecast as it reported a 19 percent increase in third-quarter underlying operating profit, buoyed by a rebound in music and strong mobile phone sales.
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Cosmetics manufacturer Estee Lauder  Cos. Inc. EL.N on Tuesday posted a bigger quarterly profit,  bolstered by sales in Europe and an improving U.S. retail  market.
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British Airways Plc, Europe&#39;s second- largest airline, said second-quarter profit gained 26 percent after the carrier cut jobs and travel demand rose.
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European Aeronautic, Defense &amp; Space Co., the controlling shareholder of Airbus SAS, expects 2005 earnings before interest, taxes, amortization and one-time items to rise 9.1 percent as sales of aircraft grow.
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.  -- Health care products maker Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday posted a fourth-quarter profit increase of nearly 10 percent as revenues jumped by double digits despite declines in sales of two key product lines.
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British defence group BAE Systems has reported a 28-percent rise in interim profit while warning that European planemaker Airbus might have to raise extra cash from shareholders.
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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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Reuters Group Plc RTR.L posted better  than expected full-year profits on Wednesday thanks to  disposals, cost cutting, improving sales and a return to profit  at electronic trading unit Instinet, which it may sell.
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Air France KLM reported an second-quarter operating profit up 7.8 percent to 568 million euros ($731 million) on Thursday and hiked its merger synergy targets as it repeated forecasts on full-year earnings.
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French cosmetics giant L'Oreal has posted first half net profits of 1.087 billion euros (1.39 billion dollars) and forecast growth in earnings of at least 10 percent for the whole of the year.
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Caterpillar Inc.  said on Friday its profit in the latest quarter rose more than 10 percent due to strong sales outside the United States.
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The large maker of business software applications said its third-quarter profit rose 10 percent on an increase in license sales.