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Net profit of one of leaders in the USA manufacturers of computers - Dell - in the first half of 2006-2007 which has come to the end on August, 4th, reduced to 35% and has made 1.26 billion dollars against 1.95 billion dollars received for first six months of 2005-2006. Such data are resulted in the financial report of the company published today.
The proceeds have grown on 6% - up to 28.3 billion dollars whereas year earlier this parameter made 26.8 billion dollars. Net profit of Dell in 2nd quarter of 2006-2007 was reduced for 51% - up to 502 million dollars against 1.02 billion dollars fixed on year earlier. Proceeds of Dell for 2nd quarter of current fiscal year have increased for 5% - up to 14.1 billion dollars in comparison to 13.4 billion dollars received for the similar period on year earlier.

Net profit of the largest Swiss insurance company Zurich Financial Services Group AG in the first half of 2006 has grown on 8% - up to 2 billion dollars in comparison to 1.86 billion dollars for the similar period of the last year.
The proceeds for the accounting period have decreased on 8.5% - from 31.86 billion dollars up to 29.15 billion dollars. Such data contain in the report of the company published today. Results of financial activity of the company have appeared above forecasts of analysts.

The Net profit of Australian share platform Australian Stock Exchange Ltd. (ASE) in 2005-2006 financial year has grown on 24.5% - up to 137 million dollars in comparison to 110.03 million dollars in previous year. Proceeds of ASE for the accounting period have grown on 9.3% - from 279.54 million dollars up to 305.63 million dollars. Such data contain in the report of the company published today.
Net profit of share platform Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) (which management also carries out ASE), after in July 2006 the decision on merge of two companies has come into force, in 1st half of 2006 has grown on 26.3% - up to 42 million dollars. Proceeds of SFE for the accounting period have grown on 17% - up to 76.4 million dollars.
We shall remind that the message on merge of two leaders Australian share platforms has been made in March of 2006. The decision on merge has come into force on July, 25th current year after for merge shareholders of the companies have expressed and have been received all necessary approval from adjusting bodies. The sum of the transaction has made 2.4 billion Australian dollars (1.8 billion dollars). As a result of merge the largest financial stock exchange in Asian-Pacific region, by cost 5.3 billion Australian dollars (3.94 billion dollars) which becomes the ninth on size a share platform in the world has been created.

The Net profit of the world’s largest manufacturer of printers Hewlett-Packard for 9 months 2005-2006 (since November 2005 till July 2006) has grown in 2.3 times - up to 4.5 billion dollars against 1.98 billion dollars for the similar period year earlier. Such data contain in the published report of the company. Thus the proceeds have increased on 5% and the Operational profit for first three quarters of 2005-2006 also has made 67.1 billion dollars has increased - on 44% in annual calculation, having reached a mark 4.66 billion dollars.
On results of 3rd quarter of the current fiscal year which has come to the end on July, 31st 2006, net profit of HP has increased in 19 times - from 73 million dollars year earlier up to 1.38 billion dollars for May-July of 2006. The proceeds have grown on 5%, having made 21.9 billion dollars the Operational profit has increased on 65% and has made 1.51 billion dollars (in May-July 2005 - 913 million dollars).
The company management has expressed satisfaction the received quarter results and has made the confident forecast for 4th quarter of current fiscal year. So, in opinion of HP proceeds of the company in August-October of 2006 should make nearby 24.1 billion dollars

British Internet-book-maker BetOnSports Plc. has declared today, that stops reception of rates from the American clients. As they say in the message of the company widespread today, representations in Costa Rica and on Antigua Iceland in Caribbean Sea, worked on the American market, will be closed in the near future.
The company could not register business in territory of the USA as the American laws forbid the Internet-totes. In opinion of analysts, closing of the American business actually means the end of the company as three quarters of its proceeds and 95% of profit fall to the USA, and expansion of operations in Asia and the Europe hardly compensates huge losses.
The decision was accepted after on July, 17th of 2006 in Texas on charges in swindle executive director of the company David Karruters has been arrested. According to consequence, illegal reception of rates has allowed BetOnSports to avoid taxes to a total sum more than 3 billion dollars. Next day stocks of BetOnSports have been removed from the trades at the London stock exchange, and thousand clients of the company have demanded immediately to pay money due by it. BetOnSports declares that they are ready to pay, but time is required to the company to convince banks to defreeze actives.
The general turn of the industry of gambling on the Internet is estimated in 12 billion dollars a year. The leader of the market is British PartyGaming Plc., rendering services of the Internet-poker.

Net profit of Swiss bank UBS AG, the sixth on size of bank of the world, in 2nd quarter of 2006 has grown on 42% - up to 3.25 billion Swiss francs (2.06 billion euro) in comparison about 2.29 billion Swiss francs (1.45 billion euro) for the similar period of the last year.
The operational profit of the company for the specified period has grown on 30% - about 9.55 billion Swiss francs (6.05 billion euro) up to 12.41 billion Swiss francs (7.86 billion euro).
The cumulative size of actives in accounting quarter has grown on 5.7% - up to 2.18 trillion the Swiss francs (1.38 trillion euro) in comparison with 2.06 trillion the Swiss francs (1.3 trillion euro) in 2nd quarter of 2005.
Such data contain in the report of the company published today. Results of financial activity of the company have appeared above forecasts of analysts.

The American corporation Mills Corp., engaged construction and management of large shopping centers in the USA, Canada and the Europe, sells the shares in three shopping centers for 981 million dollars, it is spoken in the press release of the company published today.
As the buyer acts Ivanhoe Cambridge Inc. According to the signed contract, Ivanhoe Cambridge will receive shares of Mills in three shopping centers - Vaughan Mills in Ontario (Canada), St. Enoch Centre in Glasgow (Great Britain) and Madrid Xanadu in Madrid (Spain).
Mills expects to receive net profit from the transaction at a rate of 500 million dollars. The received financial assets will go on payment of a duty of the company.

The American company International Business Machines Corp (IBM), the world’s largest provider of computer services, buys the developer of hardware FileNet Corp. for 1.6 billion dollars. Such data contain in the press release of company IBM published today. In recalculation on one stock IBM will pay for each securities FileNet on 35 dollars, that on 1% above cost of stocks of FileNet on results of closing of the trades in electronic system Nasdaq on the eve. The transaction will be carried out in carry-over funds.
The transaction still should be approved by shareholders of FileNet and adjusting bodies of the USA. End of the transaction is expected in 4th quarter of 2006.
American company FileNet develops corporate decisions for automation of document circulation and business processes.

Company Royal Philips Electronics undertakes to return to shareholders nearby 4 billion euro by the end of 2007 at sale of 80.1% of stocks of operation Philips Semiconductors which are letting out semiconductors. As it is marked in the message of the company, shareholders will receive money by means of payments of dividends and the return repayment of stocks, including already announced repayment of stocks on July, 17th 2006 for the sum of 1.5 billion euro.
As it was informed earlier, Royal Philips Electronics has agreed to sell 80.1% of stocks of the operation on manufacture of semiconductors to a consortium of private investors for 6.4 billion euro (8.2 billion dollars). The consortium included American joint-stock companies Kohlberg Kravis Roberts both Co. and Silver Lake Partners, and also Dutch AlpInvest Partners NV. According to conditions of the transaction, 19.9% of stocks of division will remain in property Philips.
As it is marked in press release of Philips, the company follows strategy on reinvestment of the capital for reception of additional profit, including through favorable purchases. For last 12 months Philips has declared 8 purchases in sphere of medical systems, illumination and public health services for which it has been spent 3.5 billion euro. The given investments have already been repaid at a rate of almost 1 billion euro. Philips also has confirmed intention to leave structure of concerns LG.Philips and TSMC. “With this transaction we have actually finished begun still in 2002 reorganization of the company with the purpose of creation of business steadier and bringing the stable income”, - was emphasized by the president of company Philips Gerard Kleisterlee. As he said, in this connection the name of the company will be changed on Royal Philips.
Gerard Kleisterlee has specified that resources Philips will be concentrated to public health services, needs in effective energy-saving decisions and increasing desire of consumers to improve style of a life. In opinion of the president of the company, all this will allow to redefine Philips in the company generating values, unlike historically developed image of the manufacturer of electronics.
Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands - one of the largest manufacturers of electronics in the world and the largest in the Europe. A sales volume in 2005 has made 30.4 billion euro. The basic line of activity of the company is care of health, style of a life and technology. The company is presented more than in 60 countries of the world and has 158 thousand of employees.

American motor-car construction corporation General Motors Corp. has reduced the size of obligations on payment of pensions to the employees by 3.9 billion dollars that makes 4,4% from a total sum. In the end of 2005 it was planned, that as pensions GM will pay 89 billion dollars. Reduction of sum GM explains as aspiration to cut down expenses in a kind of a growing competition from foreign competitors who use work of younger employees and consequently are to a lesser degree burdened by expenditure for pensions and public health services, informs Associated Press.