Vivendi says net profit up
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French telecoms and media group Vivendi   reported a 10.9 percent rise in first-half 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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Volkswagen AG , the world's fourth-largest carmaker, reported a better-than-expected full-year operating profit on Tuesday and forecast a further improvement this year, sending its shares sharply higher.
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Royal Philips Electronics NV, a maker of medical and lighting equipment, said Monday net profit for the second quarter rose on the sale of its stake in a Taiwanese semiconductor company, but that exchange rates hurt sales.
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The French media group Vivendi Universal said that a surging net loss so far this year would give way to better-than-expected adjusted net income for 2004 as a whole.
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Gilead Sciences Inc. GILD.O on  Thursday reported higher quarterly net profit on increased  sales of its HIV drugs.
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Merck & Co  on Monday said its  third-quarter profit rose sharply, helped by sales of its  vaccines and cholesterol drugs, and raised its 2007 profit  forecast in view of strong current trends.
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Carnival Corp & Plc   posted a better-than-expected 12 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday on stronger pricing and the introduction of new ships during the busy summer cruising season.
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Anglo-Dutch food giant Unilever has reported a net profit rise of 26 percent to 5.015 billion euros (6.526 billion dollars) for the year 2006.
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French media giant Vivendi Universal reported a surge in its net loss so far this year but forecast a sharp turnaround in its finances for all of 2004.
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French media and telecoms group Vivendi   on Wednesday posted an 18 percent rise in adjusted  full-year net profit, pulled mainly by Maroc Telecom   and its games, French mobile and pay-TV units.
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Swedish heavy lorry maker Volvo AB said its net profit leapt 24.5 percent in 2006 to 16.318 billion kronor (1.8 billion euros, 2.4 billion dollars), on the back of record sales.
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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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Swedish fashion retailer Hennes and Mauritz posted a rise in profits for the third quarter, saying its price-cut strategy had paid off.
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Fourth-quarter sales at French media to telecoms group Vivendi  rose 1.2 percent, the company said on Wednesday in a statement in France's official journal.
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Swedish industrial vehicles company Volvo reported a rise in net profit in the third quarter, driven by the strong performance of its flagship truck division.
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The retailer said net income in the fourth quarter rose to $4.1 billion as its focus on low prices paid off. International growth also helped lift profit and sales.
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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.