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| 1 | SINGAPORE Para Rubber reported lower profits before tax of £148,000 for the six months to 30 June , compared with £212,000 previously . |
| 2 | RESTRUCTURING and redundancy costs of £1.02bn pushed troubled oil giant BP deep into a loss of £594m for the nine months to end-September , the company said yesterday . |
| 3 | Johnson Matthey turned in pre-tax profits of £32.6m for the six months to 30 September 1991 , virtually unchanged against the same period in 1990 ( at £32.5m ) , according to chairman David Davies . |
| 4 | Paid wages of £1,500 for the three months to date . |
| 5 | THE shares of Sage Group jumped 31 to 484p yesterday after the Newcastle-based accounting software supplier unveiled a 44 p.c. rise in pre-tax profits to £4.34m for the six months to end-March . |
| 6 | Interim pre-tax profits rose by an estimated 10 per cent to £17m in the six months to 1 October . |
| 7 | GERALD RATNER 'S pay cut from £574,000 to £383,000 a year cut no ice with angry shareholders yesterday after the jewellery tycoon admitted that losses at the chain 's near 2,000 shops ballooned from £17,700,000 to £30,600,000 in the six months to August . |
| 8 | The trust , a capital-growth specialist in Far Eastern investment , excluding Japan , lifted its NAV from 26.26p at the year-end to 36.44p in the six months to 31 January , easily beating the performance of the comparable benchmark , the FT Actuaries Pacific Basin ex-Japan Index , which rose by 20.1 per cent in sterling terms over the same period . |
| 9 | Analysts believe that at best , Sock Shop will show profits of £1million in the 12 months to next February — less than half the level seen in the previous two years . |
| 10 | Most of the data in the published reports to date ( including those of the Registrar General for England and Wales ) support the conclusion that coal miners have an average excess mortality for gastric cancer of approximately 30–50% , rising to five fold in some regions , although some studies have failed to show this excess . |
| 11 | Minneapolis-based Digi International Inc has definitive agreement to acquire fellow data communications systems specialist Star Gate Technologies Inc in a share exchange transaction valued at about $10m : Solon , Ohio-based Star Gate did $885,000 net on turnover of $10.7m for the 10 months to January 31 . |
| 12 | The company , which is in the process of a major expansion drive aimed at moving away from its traditional freezer centre image , made pre-tax profits of £30.1m in the six months to July 3 from £24.22m previously . |
| 13 | State subsidy amounted to almost £1.1bn in the 12 months to 31 March , up from £700m the previous year . |
| 14 | ALEXANDRA Workwear , the maker and supplier of boiler suits and nursing uniforms , increased pre-tax profits by 19 per cent to £3.7m in the 28 weeks to 12 August . |
| 15 | Thomson Travel 's profit contribution to the Canadian parent was down £10.7million to £53.1million in the nine months to September 30 as a result of the squeeze on holiday prices and poor late sales . |
| 16 | Thomson Travel 's profit contribution to the Canadian parent was down £10.7million to £53.1million in the nine months to September 30 as a result of the squeeze on holiday prices and poor late sales . |
| 17 | This is a tough fish with no particular demands to be met . |
| 18 | They jumped from £500,000 to £1,700,000 in the six months to July . |
| 19 | Great Universal Stores , the biggest of the mail order firms , raised pre-tax profit by £8million to £171million in the six months to September , although catalogue sales and retail earnings slumped by £8million . |
| 20 | Great Universal Stores , the biggest of the mail order firms , raised pre-tax profit by £8million to £171million in the six months to September , although catalogue sales and retail earnings slumped by £8million . |
| 21 | The shares surged 24p to 343p on news that profits had leapt 31.4% to £2.81m in the six months to end-September . |
| 22 | The Edinburgh-managed trust , which invests for capital growth in the stock markets of the Pacific Rim , excluding Japan , saw NAV per share rise from 297.2p to 378.7p in the 12 months to 28 February . |
| 23 | SMITHS Industries , the aerospace-to-medical systems group , saw pre-tax profits fall 13 p.c. to £44.3m in the six months to February , but with £95m of cash in its coffers , the interim dividend rises 5 p.c. to 4.1p on June 5 . |
| 24 | The results of Model Layout Ltd have been brought into account from 1st October 1990 and the company contributed a profit of £11m for the six months to 21st March 1991 . |
| 25 | Out of pre-tax profits that rose £175,000 to £19.25m in the six months to July , some £6.7m could be described as exceptional if not extraordinary . |
| 26 | Outlook page 25 Profits up : Pre-tax profits at Tootal rose £175,000 to £19.25m in the six months to July ahead of next week 's MMC report on Coats Viyella 's £395m bid . |
| 27 | Farmers Group , the American insurer it bought last year , showed a surplus of £205million in the nine months to September — and should now make more than enough money in the full year to cover the cost of its acquisition . |
| 28 | Farmers Group , the American insurer it bought last year , showed a surplus of £205million in the nine months to September — and should now make more than enough money in the full year to cover the cost of its acquisition . |
| 29 | Profits surge : Share dealing and information group ShareLink , which is planning a £30m stock market flotation next month , has announced a profits rise of just over £1m to £3.5m in the 12 months to March 31 . |
| 30 | MID WYND International Investment Trust achieved accelerated growth in the first half-year , as net asset value per share leapt by 16.3 per cent , from 280.9p at the previous year-end to 326.8p in the six months to 31 December , 1992 . |