Profits were down by 59% in the first nine months of the year compared with the same period last year, to EURO4 billion (USD6 billion), on sales that were down only 27% to EUOR61 billion.

今年的前9个月与去年同期相比利润下降了59%，只有40亿欧元（60亿美元），销售额下降了27%只有610亿欧元。

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The share price, euro12.80 at flotation in 1997, sank to euro4.50 earlier this month, but has since climbed a little.

ECONOMIST: Industry in eastern Germany

The main spending cuts will fall on the federal Labour Office, which will see its government grant cut by euro4 billion a year.

ECONOMIST: Germany's new government

BT's stake in Cegetel, but around euro4 billion is plausible.

ECONOMIST: Vivendi Universal