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2001Year Diageo PLC says second-half profit rose 26 percent
net income rose to $836 million (US) compared with $667 million (US) last year; sales rose 13 percent, to &8.5 billion (US) (S) World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: Diageo's Profit Rises
2004Year MetLife Inc says profit rose 45 percent in second quarter
net income rose to $842 million from $580 million year ago; total revenue rose 9.3 percent, to $9.69 billion (M) Annuity Sales Help MetLife Increase Profit 45% in Period
2004Year Liberty Mutual Group says profit rose 67 percent last year as it raised prices and had gain on sale of its Canadian health insurance business
net income rose to $851.3 million from $508.4 million in 2002; revenue rose 16 percent, to $16.6 billion (S) Higher Prices and Asset Sale Help Insurer
1999Year Circuit City Stores Inc says fiscal fourth-quarter earnings rose 52 percent
net income rose to $87 million from $57.4 million in year-earlier period; sales rose 8 percent in 1999 fiscal year (S) CONSUMER-ELECTRONICS RETAILER TOPS ESTIMATES
1973Year US Steel Corp on Oct 30 repts 3d-qr '73 sales of $1.8-billion, up from $1.3-billion in '72
net income rose to $87.3-milhon from $30.9-million in '72; other figures; chmn E B Speer comments U.S. STEEL PROFIT SOARS BY 182.5%
2004Year American Express Co, nation's fourth-largest issuer of credit cards, says second-quarter profit rose 15 percent
net income rose to $876 million from $762 million year earlier; revenue rose 14 percent, to $7.26 billion (M) Travel Increase Lifts American Express