UBS posts record profit in 2004
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The leading Swiss banking group UBS announced a record net profit of 8.09 billion Swiss francs (5.30 billion euros, 6.62 billion dollars) in 2004, boosted by buoyant financial markets and increased fees.
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Top UK banks are set to report combined profits of about Â£38bn for the past year despite worries about exposure to bad debts.
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Swiss banking giant UBS AG said Tuesday its third quarter net profit slipped 1 percent to 1.67 billion Swiss francs ($1.39 billion; euro1.
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Citigroup Inc.'s C.N fourth-quarter  profit rose 12 percent to a record as its consumer and  investment banking businesses grew, but it said 2005 profit  will likely be near the low end of Wall Street estimates.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  reported higher quarterly profit on Thursday, beating estimates, on record investment banking fees and strong stock trading.
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UBS, Switzerland's largest bank, recorded third quarter losses of 830 million Swiss francs (495 million euros, 713 million dollars) Tuesday, blaming a lack of liquidity following a crisis in the US home loans market.
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UK company profits outside the  financial sector continue their stand at close to record level, figures show.
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December 30, 2004 -- The NASD collected a record $102 million in disciplinary fines in 2004, roughly three times what it levied the previous year, as it issued stiff penalties following industry probes of mutual-fund trading.
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Exxon Mobil, the world's largest public oil company, makes a record $25bn profit in 2004 on the back of surging oil prices.
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Energy giant Shell announces an annual profit of Â£9.32bn - a record for a UK-listed company.
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MINER and takeover target WMC Resources today forecast a record profit for 2004 and unveiled plans to hand back $1 billion in cash to shareholders.
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Goldman Sachs reported strong fourth quarter and full year earnings of $1.19bn, up 36 per cent on the previous quarter. Full year profit rose 52 per cent from the previous year to $4.55bn.
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United Parcel Service posted quarterly profit of $1.1 billion, citing its global package, supply chain and freight business, which offset a slower U.S. small-package market.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , the largest investment bank by market value, said on Tuesday quarterly earnings rose to a record, despite recent fears that mortgage market woes and flagging stocks would hurt results.
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Business & money: Swiss bank takes hit in fourth quarter but substantially less affected by sub-prime crisis than rival UBS
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Fourth-quarter results cap off record year for consumer products giant.
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The $39.5 billion profit topped the previous record for a U.S. company, which Exxon set in 2005.