ABN Amro warns of lower op. profit on US mortgage mkt
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- ABN Amro (ABN) (NL:30110) warned 2004 operating profits will fall, hit by aa greater than expected hit from its US mortgage business.
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US aluminium giant Alcoa warns its third quarter profits will fall below expectations, blaming restructuring costs, a fire and a strike.
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Business & money: Â· Exposure to turbulence not as high as feared  Â· But depressed share price may mean losing ABN bid
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THE Australian share market finished slightly weaker today, as investors continued to engage in some profit taking after last week&#39;s record highs.
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Dutch bank ABN AMRO  posted a 7.6 percent rise in its annual net profit on Thursday, after buying Italian bank Antonveneta and selling off parts of its business, and said it would buy back 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) of shares by the end of June.
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European equity markets were poised for a weaker open on Thursday following losses on Wall Street in the previous session as a number of companies issued profit warnings.
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Net income at US bank Lehman Brothers fell a smaller-than-expected 12% in the fourth quarter to $886m (Â£435m).
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ABN Amro, the biggest Dutch bank, yesterday announced it would take a one-off â¬790m ($1bn) charge as it slashes 2,850 wholesale banking and back-office jobs, confirming a report in yesterday&#39;s FT.
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U.S. consumers will see rates on certificates of deposit and other savings accounts head lower amid worry the economy might enter a recession, and as competition for customers ebbs in the wake of the pending sale of Countrywide Financial Corp.
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Shares on Wall Street looked set for  a weaker start on Wednesday as concerns about the U.S. subprime  mortgage market resurfaced ahead of U.S. housing and key  inflation data and a slew of corporate earnings.
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THE AUSTRALIAN stock market could open weaker today, reflecting Friday&#39;s late slump in US trading. A downturn would contrast markedly with the expectations of local traders who went home for the weekend believing
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Albertsons Inc. ABS.N, the No. 2  U.S. grocer, on Thursday posted higher quarterly profit, but  warned that full-year earnings could hit the low end of its  estimates due to competition and skittish consumers, sending  shares down 6 percent.
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The US economy appears set for a soft landing, the OECD said Wednesday, but it warned that the troubled sub-prime mortgage sector still poses a major risk.
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AmerisourceBergen Corp. (ABC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday lowered its fiscal-year earnings forecast because of lower-than-expected drug price increases, fewer product deals
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US stocks fell sharply on Tuesday, hurt by retail and housing sector earnings warnings. Financials were roiled by more bad news from the subprime mortgage market.
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Interest rates must be cut to avoid following the US into a slowdown, warns one MPC member
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Wall Street looked set to open lower on Friday after the latest fallout from the U.S. mortgage sector cropped up in Europe and data showed U.S. retail sales, excluding autos, unexpectedly declined last month.