Companies
United Drug profits up 15%
Font Scale: 
Posted 07 May 2008 @ 02:44 pm HKT
United Drug Plc, on Tuesday said that its pre-tax profit for the six months ended 31 March 2008 went up 15 per cent to 33.28 million euros. The Irish drug-maker also reported a rise in revenue of 9 per cent to 845.07 million euros.
Tax rebate deal could mean checks by MayUnited Drug said that its dividend per share also rose 13 per cent to 2.23 cents.
The company said that it had "strong performance and growth" in all of it's four operating divisions, and added that it had "continued market share gains" in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
This article is copyrighted by IBTimes.com
Most Popular Stories
- 1 Nick Jonas and Selena Gomez- Disney Love in the Air
- 2 Citibank First Introduces Multi-Functional Octopus Credit Card
- 3 Hong Kong Inflation Skyrockets, Jumps Up to Highest in 11 Years
- 4 Revolutionary Configuration Tool to Dramatically Reduce Network Design Time for SI and ISP.
- 5 Christian Bale arrested, released; denies assault
- 6 HKs anti-money laundering efforts hailed
- 7 Hong Kong Book Fair 2008 draws the young
- 1 Paulson says financial stability is top priority
- 2 Yahoo 2Q profit erodes but not as badly as feared
- 3 Wa Wa Woes
- 4 Obama vows to work for Mideast breakthrough
- 5 Beijing has first workday under car restrictions
- 6 Hong Kong consumer prices rise 6.1%
- 7 SOHO China shares rose as new Beijing project good pre-sales
|
Top Stories on Companies
- 1 Ford posts $8.7 billion loss on asset write-downs
- 2 Microsoft exec who led Yahoo buyout team to leave
- 3 Toyota outsells GM worldwide in first half
- 4 Flight with 7 congressmen makes emergency landing
- 5 More airlines report losses because of fuel costs
- 6 UAL reports 2Q loss of $2.73 billion
- 7 Yahoo 2Q profit erodes but not as badly as feared
|
|
