Marks and Spencer says pre-tax profit up by half
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Marks and Spencer, the British clothing-to-food retailer, confirmed its recovery under chief executive Stuart Rose with a 47.6-percent rise in annual pre-tax profits.
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Airline British Airways reveals pre-tax profits more than doubled to Â£220m in the July to September period.
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British Airways today reported further progress in its recovery as it made a half-year pre-tax profit of Â£335m, but said higher fuel costs remained a concern.
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Carrefour, the world&#39;s No. 2 food retailer said Wednesday that its profit increased 5.3 per cent in the first half of the year, as robust international operations and lower finance costs helped
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Supermarket giant Tesco sees first half profits jump 24.2% to Â£822m ($1.47bn) and said its sales of non-food items continues to grow.
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Woolworths Ltd.&#39;s second-half profit rose 12 percent after Australia&#39;s biggest grocer cut the cost of getting goods to its shops and opened 37 new supermarkets and liquor outlets.
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Electricals-to-furniture retailer Kesa Electricals has said that its net profit jumped by over half during the first half, boosted by demand for televisions ahead of the recent World Cup.
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The Royal Mail's half-yearly figures show an increase in punctual deliveries and profits.
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Bank of Ireland has announced that profits before tax were up 6% from â¬670m in the six months to the end of September last year to â¬713m this year.
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Supermarket giant Tesco sees a 10.3% rise in half-yearly profits to Â£1.09bn,  boosted by international sales.
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Britain&#39;s Carphone Warehouse expects interim pre-tax profits of at least Â£27m sterling. First half trading is ahead of expectations on the back of a buoyant market, Europe&#39;s number one mobile phone retailer said in a trading statement today.
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Pinewood Shepperton yesterday reported a 32% rise in first-half profits as the film studio business reported its maiden results following a Â£92m flotation this year.
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Business & money: Retailer turns in stunning performance over first half, pushing profits ahead by more than 50%.
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SYDNEY: Australian supermarket group Woolworths Ltd reported a better-than-expected 12% gain in second-half profit on cost savings, and forecast a rise of up to 15% in 2005 earnings despite increased competition.
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Marks and Spencer, the clothing-to-food retailer, has revealed that it would create 4,000 jobs alongside news of a solid increase in first-quarter sales.
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PARIS, Nov 17  - Media and mobile telephone group Vivendi Universal said on Wednesday that third-quarter profits had risen by nearly six-fold and upgraded its full-year profit outlook owing to a change in tax arrangements.
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IRISH drinks firm C&amp;C today posted a six per cent rise in first-half profits. The owner of Bulmers cider in Ireland and Ballygowan mineral water said operating profit in the six months to August 31 rose 6.1