Estee Lauder sees double-digit profit growth
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Cosmetics maker Estee Lauder Cos. Inc.  forecast up to 12 percent annual earnings growth over the next three years as it cuts costs and expands overseas and announced a $750 million share buyback on Tuesday.
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Volkswagen says full-year profits more than double fuelled by unit sales and increased demand for new models.
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.  -- Health care products maker Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday posted a fourth-quarter profit increase of nearly 10 percent as revenues jumped by double digits despite declines in sales of two key product lines.
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The No. 2 U.S. oil company reported a rise in quarterly profit pumped up by record oil and gas prices and gains on asset sales.
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Double-digit revenue growth is the highlight of a good quarter.
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ChevronTexaco Corp. CVX.N, the No. 2  U.S. oil company, on Friday said quarterly profit nearly  doubled, pushed up by a double boost of record energy prices  and higher refining margins.
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L'Oreal, the world's biggest cosmetic  group, reported a 6.3 percent rise in first-half earnings on  Wednesday helped by a contribution from drugmaker Sanofi, and  confirmed it was aiming for a 20th straight year of  double-digit profit growth.
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Men's apparel retailer JoS. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. reported Thursday that double-digit same-store sales gains, as well as continued strength in catalog and Internet sales, drove second-quarter earnings up 75 percent to beat Wall Street expectations.
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The company reported strong fiscal second-quarter results and positive trends seem likely to continue to drive healthy growth.
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The world&#39;s biggest mining group, BHP Billiton Ltd./Plc. said on Wednesday its second-half net profit more than doubled on strong demand for industrial raw materials, and forecast sustained high prices for commodities.
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The world&#39;s biggest mining group, BHP Billiton, says its second-half net profit has more than doubled on strong demand for industrial raw materials and forecast sustained high prices for commodities.
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The luxury hotel manager doubles earnings for the second straight quarter.
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The chemical giant reported second-quarter earnings similar to year-ago results as higher sales were offset by the cost of energy and accelerated biotech research.
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Swatch Group AG said Tuesday that its first-half net profit rose 17 percent as a result of strong demand for the company's luxury products.
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The drugmaker said its third-quarter earnings more than doubled on a surge in sales of its blood thinner Plavix, and it raised its outlook for adjusted 2007 earnings.
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The European aerospace giant EADS today announced that it had more than doubled its profits in the first nine months of the year. EADS said the increase was helped by a surge in deliveries of its Airbus passenger jets.
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Cosmetics manufacturer Estee Lauder Cos. Inc. (EL.N) on Tuesday said quarterly net income jumped 51 percent, bolstered by new product sales and an improving U.S. retail market.