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2007-03-21 09:05:53Metro CEO sees no sales drop in Q1 due to German tax increase UDPATEDUSSELDORF, Germany (AFX) - Metro AG chief executive officer Hans-JoachimKoerber said first-quarter sales are not expected to decline as growing salesabroad offset a 3 pct increase in value-added tax in the company's German homemarket.2007-03-21 08:34:02Metro CEO sees no sales drop in Q1 due to German tax increaseDUSSELDORF, Germany (AFX) - Metro AG chief executive officer Hans-JoachimKoerber said first-quarter sales are not expected to decline as growing salesabroad offset a 3 pct increase in value-added tax in the company's German homemarket.2007-03-21 08:29:00Hong Kong's Li & Fung 2006 net profit 2.20 bln hkd vs 1.79 blnHONG KONG (XFN-ASIA) - Li & Fung Ltd full-year 2006 results:Sales - 68.01 bln hkd vs 55.62 blnOpg profit - 2.34 bln hkd vs 1.86 blnNet profit - 2.20 bln hkd vs 1.79 blnEPS - 67.1 HK cents vs 55.6Final div - 39.0 HK cents vs 32.3roby.lau@xfn.comrl/net2007-03-21 08:25:21Kesa Electricals to up current year capex to 140 mln stgLONDON (AFX) - Kesa Electricals PLC, Europe's third biggest electricalsretailer, plans to ramp-up capital expenditure to 140 mln stg in the year toend-January 2008 from 111.6 mln stg the previous year, chief executive Jean-NoelLabroue told AFX News.2007-03-21 08:00:08Metro FY net jumps 82.2 pct on Wal-Mart, Geant purchases, beats consensusDUESSELDORF, Germany (AFX) - Metro AG said full-year net profit rose to 913mln eur from 501 mln, helped by the acquisition of Wal-Mart Stores Inc's Germanstores and Geant hypermarkets in Poland and beating an average analyst forecastof 895.4 mln.
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