Zurich Financial nearly doubles profit
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Swiss insurance giant Zurich Financial Services has reported a first-half net profit of $US1.5 billion ($A2.1 billion), up 93 per cent from $US752 million ($A1.05 billion) in the same period last year, and roughly in line with analysts&#39; expectations.
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The data storage vendor said second-quarter profit rose to $334.4 million as it recorded double-digit sales gains at its biggest businesses.
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Swiss Reinsurance Co., the world's second-largest reinsurance company, posted a first-half net profit on Thursday of 1.4 billion Swiss francs (&#36;1.1 billion), more than double its earnings for the same period last year.
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NEW YORK -- Rising fixed-income and investment-banking revenue combined to help boost earnings in the latest quarter at two of Wall Street&#39;s biggest firms, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
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Sun Microsystems Inc ,  the world's fourth-largest server-computer maker, said on  Thursday that quarterly profit doubled amid strong growth in  emerging markets.
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Half-year profits at two of China's biggest banks surge on the back of higher lending and rising fees.
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Zurich Financial Services AG, Switzerland s biggest insurer, had its first quarterly profit decline in two years amid costs from the worst U.S. hurricane season in more than a century.
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The Swiss National Bank on Thursday raised its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point for the second time this year as the country's economy continued to recover.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , the world's most profitable investment bank, said on Tuesday quarterly earnings nearly doubled on strong growth in almost every business.
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Levi Strauss & Co. said on Tuesday that quarterly net profit more than doubled, helped by higher operating income and lower tax expense.
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Apple Computer Inc.  on Wednesday reported its quarterly profit more than doubled as it sold more than 2 million iPod digital music players and said results for the current quarter would top Wall Street estimates.
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Sun Microsystems Inc. said Thursday that its fiscal 2008 second-quarter earnings nearly doubled as services revenue increased and its gross margin improved.
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Switzerland's struggling national airline reported a second-quarter profit of 45 million Swiss francs ($35.6 million) Tuesday, although its figures were boosted by a legal settlement in France.
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German heavy industry giant ThyssenKrupp said its pre-tax profit more than doubled in the first three months of its current business year and it upgraded slightly its forecast for the full year.
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The Swiss Reinsurance Company, the worldâs largest reinsurer, said profit nearly doubled last year because of fewer claims from natural disasters and gains from investments and acquisitions. The company earned 4.56 billion Swiss francs ($3.74 billion) for the year, up from a restated figure of 2.3 billion francs for 2005. Swiss Re also announced a 36 percent increase in its dividend, to 3.40 francs ($2.79) a share, and said it would buy back shares worth up to 6 billion francs ($4.9 billion) over the next three years. Swiss Re said it would buy half of a stake held by General Electric as part of the buyback. G.E. is selling a Swiss Re stake valued at 3.5 billion Swiss francs ($2.9 billion), half to Swiss Re and the other half on the open market. G.E. acquired the stake last year when it sold its reinsurance units to Swiss Re.
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Citigroup Inc. C.N and Bank of  America Corp. BAC.N on Thursday posted double-digit gains in  third-quarter profit, driven by gains in consumer lending and  fees.
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ZURICH : Swiss reinsurance group Swiss Re said it had nearly doubled its net profit in the first half of the year thanks to a better-than-expected investment result.