TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Aerospace and transportation highlights to 09:10 BST

TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Aerospace and transportation highlights to 09:10 BST

	Published : Thu, 03 May 2007 09:27 By : Agencies Print this Story

2007-05-03 08:53:39

Pirelli RE CEO sees Q1 opg profit above business plan targets, net below

MILAN (Thomson Financial) - Pirelli & C Real Estate SpA CEO Carlo Puri Negri

said he sees a first-quarter operating profit above the company's business plan

targets, but the net profit will be lower than expected as the consolidation of

Deutsche Grundvermogen (DGAG) has still to be completed.

2007-05-03 08:10:53

BMW posts lower Q1 pretax as forex, new product launches hit earnings

MUNICH (Thomson Financial) - Bayerische Motoren Werke AG said first-quarter

pretax profit fell by 34.3 pct to 852 mln eur, hit by the dollar and yen

weakness as well as higher costs due to new product launches.

2007-05-03 07:48:18

TNT Q1 beats net, EBIT forecasts; sales in-line, maintains FY outlook

AMSTERDAM (Thomson Financial) - TNT NV posted first-quarter net profit and

EBIT which topped market expectations and posted sales in-line with forecasts

while reiterating its full-year outlook.

2007-05-03 07:25:14

TNT Q1 beats net, EBIT forecasts; posts in-line sales and maintains FY outlook

AMSTERDAM (Thomson Financial) - TNT NV posted first-quarter net profit and

EBIT which topped market expectations and posted sales in-line with forecasts

while reiterating its full-year outlook.

2007-05-03 07:12:55

Tomkins Q1 adj profit on cont ops dips 23 pct to 58.3 mln stg, outlook uncertain

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Tomkins PLC said it expects lower activity in

its two main markets and the weaker dollar to affect its performance for the

rest of the year, as it posted a 22.9 pct fall in first-quarter adjusted profit

from continuing operations to 58.3 mln stg.

2007-05-03 06:42:02

Porsche plans to urge VW to delist from 4 bourses abroad - report

FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Porsche AG, which has made a public offer to

acquire Volkswagen AG, is planning to convince the latter to delist its shares

from bourses in London, Luxembourg, Tokyo and the SWX Swiss Exchange,

Boersen-Zeitung said.