In the first three months of 2008 operating profits were 17.5% lower than a year earlier.
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It still depends on the stagnant ATM and cash register businesses for 68% of operating profits.
Most have managed to turn operating profits over the past year as passenger traffic increased.
Earlier this month, DaimlerChrysler announced it had quadrupled its full-year operating profits for 2002 to 5.8bn.
During the previous year, Mazda's operating profits topped 162bn yen, pushing its operating margin towards 6%.
Overall, the company is targeting 8% operating profits on 8% of the world market.
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CCE's operating profits last year would have fallen by 12%, not jumped by 19% as reported.
Peugeot saw operating profits grow seven-fold in the first half of 1998 to FFr4.5 billion.
So far, so good: Operating profits in Leroy's division are already up nearly 50%so far this year.
For Toyota, by 2008 big cars were contributing JPY 2 trillion (USD 25 billion) of operating profits.
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It warned that weak sales in its first quarter dropped its operating profits to a two-year low.
It said this week that it could not give any indication of full-year sales and operating profits.
But the firm still expects solid gains in revenues and operating profits for the year through next March.
Over the last ten years, Harley posted annualized growth of 15% in sales and 25% in operating profits.
For several years Massey generated more than a third of Fluor's operating profits with one-tenth of its revenues.
But the group said if current exchange rates continue, operating profits this year could be reduced by 10%.
He declined to say what he would do if the company failed to attain the promised operating profits.
Operating profits rose at Brambles' other core businesses - the waste management business Cleanaway and security division Recall.
In the first half of this year, bond-market earnings accounted for 28% of the big banks' operating profits.
As a result, Takeda, Astellas and Daiichi Sankyo all expect a steep drop in operating profits this year.
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Direct Line has reported a 7% rise in operating profits for the six months to the end of June.
Underlying operating profits revealed a divide between News Corp's publishing and entertainment businesses.
Operating profits slumped 28% in the U.S., due to a decrease in store traffic and to higher commodity costs.
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The UK's Hilton Group has said its third quarter operating profits are at a similar level to last year.
In fiscal 2004, music and films contributed some 40% of group operating profits.
Today Coca-Cola continues to deliver the highest operating profits in the industry, 22%.
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Better to turn to enterprise multiple enterprise value divided by 12-month trailing operating profits (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization).
The company said its fourth-quarter operating profits would fail to meet forecasts because the markets have deteriorated more than expected.
The February 11 Nihon Keizai Shimbunfront-paged its forecast for all listed companies of a 53 percent increase in operating profits.
It found that these firms enjoyed a higher return on equity, fatter operating profits and a more buoyant share price.
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