HSBC Profits to be Doubled

The biggest British bank HSBC pre-tax profit of $ 11.1 billion (£ 7 billion) for the first six months of 2010 – more than double its profits for the same period reported last year. The bank said it was profitable in all regions except North America, where he saw losses of $ 80m.
In the UK [...]

Share Huge bonus as John Lewis profits £306m

The staff John Lewis will be a £ 151m bonus after trading company shares, the annual profit before tax up by 9.7% to £ 306.6m.
The owner of the supermarket chain Waitrose, said the bonus of approximately eight weeks pay for each employee.
John Lewis chairman Charlie Mayfield said the company was born out of the recession [...]

Ryanair raises profits as passengers growth

Low-cost airline Ryanair has raised its full-year profit as the number of passengers continues to rise.
He said that it expects full year net profit of 275 million euros, because Ask a 10.9 million euro ($ 15.3 million, EUR 9.5 million) loss for the period October to December reported.
The loss was much narrower than the 101.5m-euro [...]

Exxon Mobil profits drops in 2009

U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil reported a 23% decline in profits expected but the result was better than many analysts had.
Exxon reported net income of $ 6.05bn (£ 3.8 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2009, compared with $ 7.82bn in the same period it made in 2008.
Weak demand for fuel in the global economic [...]