ABN AMRO year profit up, to buy back shares
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Dutch bank ABN AMRO  posted a 7.6 percent rise in its annual net profit on Thursday, after buying Italian bank Antonveneta and selling off parts of its business, and said it would buy back 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) of shares by the end of June.
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AUSTRALIA and New Zealand Banking Group has seen its second-half profit jump 18 per cent following the acquisition of New Zealandâs biggest bank, coupled with a strong demand for credit.
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Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Insurance Australia Group Ltd., the nation&#39;s largest auto and home insurer, increased second-half profit fourfold after acquisitions boosted policy sales and higher stock markets fueled income from investments.
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Online brokerage Ameritrade Holding Corp.  on Tuesday said quarterly profit rose 29 percent to a record, as interest from loans to margin investors offset a decline in customer stock trading.
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Telstra Corp said first quarter trading revenue was in line the previous two quarters as it announced details of a $750 million share buyback flagged more than a month ago.
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Dutch banking group ABN Amro reported that it had increased net profit last year by 30 percent with a big boost from exceptional items and mainly a halving of provisions.
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The commercial bank says it will restate earnings upward.
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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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Profits at Australian mining firm WMC Resources rise fivefold as reports say the government is opposed to a bid from a Swiss firm.
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Mining giant Anglo American is to return $3bn to shareholders after reporting a 46% rise in annual profits.
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Anglo American reported a 76 percent increase in annual profit as it increased production capacity and benefited from higher metal prices. It also said it would buy back $3 billion worth of its shares. Anglo said profit for 2006 came to nearly $6.2 billion, up from $3.52 billion the previous year. Revenue rose 12 percent, to $38.6 billion. Excluding one-time items, Angloâs profit rose 46 percent, to $5.5 billion. The company did not break out quarterly results. âOur strong performance was due to increased production across the majority of our businesses and higher prices, in particular for base metals, platinum and iron ore,â the chief executive, Tony Trahar, said. Operating profit from gold rose 41 percent, the company said. Operating profit from diamonds was down 21 percent.
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Air Berlin reports a return to profit as new routes and the acquisition of a rival airline boost sales.
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Stronger-than-expected subscriber growth has driven increased first-quarter profits at BSkyB, the satellite broadcaster said today as it prepared to ask shareholders to approve a stock-buyback deal.
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The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) -- which is fronting a European consortium&#39;s takeover bid for Dutch giant ABN Amro -- said on Tuesday that first-half earnings would beat market expectations.
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AnnTaylor Stores Corp  reported better-than-expected earnings per share on Friday, helped by a lower share count from buybacks, and reaffirmed its full-year profit outlook, sending shares up 7 percent.
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Shareholders in British bank Barclays on Friday backed a bid to acquire ABN Amro of The Netherlands after Barclays mangement assured them the deal would not be done at any price.
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LONDON/BEIJING  - British bank Barclays raised its bid for Dutch group ABN AMRO to 67.5 billion euros ($93 billion) on Monday, helped by some of the biggest ever overseas investments by China and Singapore.