HBOS says profits on track after $367.7 mln hit
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HBOS , Britain's biggest mortgage lender, said profits are on track to rise 4 percent this year but it will take a 180 million pound ($367.7 million) hit on the value of assets due to the credit crunch, which will also hurt margins.
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Budget airline Ryanair sees profits grow 30% in the last three months of 2006, despite the impact of rising fuel costs.
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Banks and insurers pushed European  shares higher on Wednesday, with Britain's HBOS spearheading  the gains on relief it would not be wading into a bidding war  for domestic banking peer Abbey.
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Profit margins from Vodafone continuing businesses fell from 39.6 per cent to 38.7 per cent, the mobile phone operator said on Tuesday as revenue growth outpaced the rise in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation.
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Global mining giant Anglo American said its net profit struck 7.304 billion dollars (4.963 billion euros) last year, up 18 percent on 2006, boosted by high output and soaring metals prices.
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Barclays PLC, Britain&#39;s third-biggest bank, said Thursday it is on track to meet analyst expectations of a full-year profit before tax of 4.5 billion pounds ($8.5 billion, euro6.5 billion), despite a flat performance from its domestic retail banking
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UK company profits outside the  financial sector continue their stand at close to record level, figures show.
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ITV is upbeat despite advertising revenues from its flagship channel falling by 9% in the first six moths of 2007.
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HBOS said Thursday that economic turmoil connected to the global credit crunch has cost the group 180 million pounds.
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British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc, Rupert Murdoch&#39;s UK pay-television company, said fiscal first- quarter profit rose 3 percent as it gained more subscribers than analysts expected.
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HSBC Holdings PLC, Europe's largest bank by market value, reported Monday that profit rose 5 percent in 2006 despite losses in its mortgage operation in the United States that led to the removal of two senior executives.
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British Airways reported a 28.5 percent  rise in operating profit for the first nine months of its  financial year, and said its longhaul premium business was  still shrugging off weakness in financial markets.
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European stocks gained, paced by banks. HBOS Plc and Deutsche Bank AG rose. The Dow Jones Stoxx 50 Index rose 0.3 percent to 2694.
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European stock markets hit fresh  29-month highs on Tuesday, tracking gains in New York and after  HBOS said it will beat forecasts as well as buy back shares.
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The companyâs second-quarter profit rose 37 percent after factoring in losses from assets it sold, but on a continuing basis results fell on buyout costs at its newspapers.
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HSBC reports record annual profits of $22bn, even as bad debt from its mortgage business in the US rose.
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Satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC reported strong growth in subscribers Friday and a jump in revenue that exceeded analysts' expectations, underpinning a 3 percent rise in quarterly net profit.