Aetna Profit Up 21 Pct, Hikes '05 Outlook
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Health insurer Aetna Inc.  AET.N on  Thursday reported stronger-than-expected earnings on a surge in  membership, set a stock split and doubled its dividend.
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UK engineer and project manager Amec Plc   AMEC.L on Thursday its first-half underlying profit had risen   21 percent and it expected to make good progress in 2007.
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MINNEAPOLIS - Best Buy Company Inc. said on Wednesday that third-quarter earnings rose 21 percent, but gave hints that profits during the holiday selling season may not be quite what analysts were hoping for.
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Philips Electronics   reported a 22 percent rise in its second-quarter operating profit on Monday, in line with expectations, and said it was on track to meet its sales and profit margin targets.
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Honeywell International Inc  said on Thursday it expects to report a 2008 profit 16 percent to 21 percent over estimated 2007 earnings, broadly above Wall Street estimates, helped by favorable macro trends in its aerospace and manufacturing businesses.
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Diversified manufacturer Textron Inc.  TXT.N on Thursday posted a higher quarterly profit and lifted  its full-year earnings estimate on a strong performance by its  Cessna business jet division, sending its shares up nearly 5  percent.
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Children's apparel retailer posts 21% gain in December comps, lifts guidance.
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The company reported net profit of $526 million on higher sales of agricultural and nutritional products in Latin America and it lifted its full-year outlook.
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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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Earnings for Nashville-based Renal Care Group Inc. were up 15 percent in the third quarter and 21 percent through the first nine months of this year.
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Defense contractor Raytheon Co.  RTN.N on Thursday said quarterly profit rose 16 percent,  helped by higher spending on its Patriot missile systems and  other military products and lower tax payments.
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British American Tobacco, the world&#39;s second biggest cigarette maker, has beaten forecasts with a 13.5 percent rise in third-quarter profits after upbeat trading from Italy
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Genentech Inc. DNA.N on Wednesday  posted a 50 percent rise in quarterly profit and raised its  full-year earnings forecast on strong sales of its new colon  cancer drug, sending its shares higher in after-hours trading.
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Albertsons Inc. ABS.N, the No. 2  U.S. grocer, on Thursday posted a 21 percent rise in quarterly  profit due to gains from two recent acquisitions and improved  sales from Southern California where it suffered a strike last  year.
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Honeywell International Inc. HON.N on  Friday posted a 3 percent rise in quarterly profit and lifted  its earnings outlook for 2005, buoyed by strong orders from its  mainstay aerospace unit and hot demand for automobile turbo  chargers.
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Sanofi-Aventis SA, the world&#39;s third- largest drugmaker, said predecessor company Sanofi-Synthelabo SA&#39;s first-half profit rose 21 percent, helped by demand for the blood thinner Plavix and the cancer treatment Eloxatin.
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Aetna Inc  on Thursday posted a better-than-expected third-quarter profit as membership increased, and the health insurer raised its full-year forecast.