Teck Cominco Q3 profit soars to $120M from $16M on high metals ...
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VANCOUVER (CP) - Teck Cominco Ltd.&#39;s third-quarter profit soared almost eightfold on high market prices for metals, the zinc, copper and lead miner reported Monday.
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3M Co. (MMM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said third-quarter earnings rose 17 percent due in part to the weak dollar, but the diversified manufacturer&#39;s results
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Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has announced a 43 percent jump in in full-year net profit to a record 7.44 billion US dollars and forecast continued strong demand for commodities.
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ChevronTexaco Corp.&#39;s third-quarter profit improved by 62 percent as the oil giant continued to cash in on record-high oil prices.
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ChevronTexaco Corp., the No. 2 U.S. oil company, on Friday reported a rise in quarterly profit, pumped up by record oil and gas prices and gains on asset sales.
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Teck Cominco  on Tuesday said it would buy Aur Resources  in a friendly cash and stock offer worth C$4.1 billion ($3.87 billion), boosting the base metal giant's copper production.
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General Electric Co., the world&#39;s largest company by market value, said third-quarter profit rose 11 percent as acquisitions and economic growth spurred the biggest quarterly sales increase in four years.
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The company said its profit rose 56 percent to $1.45 billion in the fourth quarter as oil prices surged.
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By staff writers and wires. AUSTRALIAN company profits jumped 10.3 per cent in the June quarter thanks to robust consumer and business spending that will boost economic growth outcomes and the electoral prospects of the Howard Government.
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Investors applaud stronger third-quarter earnings from the bottler.
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ConocoPhillips , the No. 3 U.S.  oil company, on Wednesday reported a 65 percent surge in  quarterly profit, boosted by sharply higher crude oil prices  and the recent acquisition of Burlington Resources.
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General Electric Co.âs third-quarter earnings rose 11 percent,and revenue jumped 15 percent as a rebounding economy and acquisitions drove a sharp increase in orders, the company said Friday.
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ChevronTexaco Corp.(CVX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the No. 2 US oil company, rode the wave of record oil prices to post a 62 percent rise in quarterly profit on
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Teck Cominco, a mining company and metals producer, has agreed to buy Aur Resources for 4.1 billion Canadian dollars ($3.9 billion) in cash and stock.
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Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has said that interim net profits rocketed 75.3 percent, with a colossal increase in copper prices contributing one billion dollars to the earnings.
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DALLAS -- Third quarter profits at Texas Instruments Inc. grew by $116 million from a year ago due to rising demand for its chips used in high-end mobile phones and digital light processing systems for big-screen televisions.
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Mining stocks led the FTSE higher on Thursday with Antofagasta, the copper producer focused on Chile, up 3.1 per cent to 476p on talk that a special dividend of up to 40 US cents a share could be paid when full-year results are announced on Tuesday.