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Virgin Blue increases fuel surcharge

18 Feb 2011 - Virgin Blue Holdings (ASX:VBA) will increase fuel surcharges to the United States and increase baggage charges.

Lend Lease H1 profit up 10.5%

17 Feb 2011 - Lend Lease Group Ltd (ASX:LLC) books a bigger than expected 10.5 per cent improvement in first half net profit.

Santos FY profit rises 15%

17 Feb 2011 - Santos Ltd's (ASX:STO) delivers a full year net profit of $500 million, up 15 per cent from the $434 million achieved in 2009.

AMP FY10 profit lifts 5%

17 Feb 2011 - AMP Ltd (ASX:AMP) reports a five per cent lift in its full year earnings, delivering a net profit of $755 million.

Qantas H1 profit soars, lifts FY outlook

17 Feb 2011 - Qantas Airways (ASX:QAN) first half net profit soars over four fold. The airline says it expects fiscal 2011 underlying earnings to be materially higher.

GPT sells US seniors housing portfolio

17 Feb 2011 - GPT Group (ASX:GPT) sells a portfolio of senior living communities in the US for around $890 million to US-listed Health Care REIT.

Dexus H1 profit rebounds into black

17 Feb 2011 - Dexus Property Group (ASX:DXS) rebounds into the black with a first half net profit of $295 million, from a loss of $107 million the same time a year earlier.

CSL H1 profit falls 19%

16 Feb 2011 - CSL Ltd (ASX:CSL) reports a first half net profit of $500.2 million.

The Reject Shop H1 profit falls 16%

16 Feb 2011 - The Reject Shop Ltd (ASX:TRS) records a $15.9 million half year net profit, which is a 16 per cent fall from the prior first half.

BHP books record H1 profit

16 Feb 2011 - BHP Billiton Ltd (ASX:BHP) books a record first half net profit, boosts its dividend and announces it will return $10 billion to shareholders.

Westfield Group rebounds to FY profit

16 Feb 2011 - Westfield Group Ltd (ASX:WDC) rebounds to a full year net profit in fiscal 2010, after reporting two consecutive full year losses.

Watpac awarded $141M of new contracts

16 Feb 2011 - Watpac Ltd (ASX:WTP) secures two new construction contracts in South Australia and Victoria.

Perpetual issues flat H1 guidance

16 Feb 2011 - Following a review of its assets, Perpetual Ltd (ASX:PPT) expects to report a flat first-half net profit.

Primary Health Care H1 profit plunges

15 Feb 2011 - Primary Health Care Ltd (ASX:PRY) posts a 74 per cent fall in its first-half profit, plunging to $20.3 million.

Paladin Energy widens H1 loss

15 Feb 2011 - Paladin Energy Ltd (ASX:PDN) widenes its first half net loss by 55 per cent to $29.5 million in the six months to 31 December.

Westpac Q1 cash profit up 5%

15 Feb 2011 - Westpac Banking Corporation (ASX:WBC) reports a five per cent lift in its first quarter cash earnings to $1.55 billion.

Fosters approves split, H1 profit falls

15 Feb 2011 - Foster's Group Ltd (ASX:FGL) approves plans to split its beer and wine businesses, as it reveals a lower than expected first half profit.

WikiLeaks reveals BHP CEO offered secrets to US

15 Feb 2011 - WikiLeaks has revelaed BHP Billiton Ltd's (ASX:BHP) CEO Marius Kloppers was keen to trade secrets with the US and feared espionage from China, Rio Tinto Ltd (ASX:RIO)…

Macarthur Coal H1 profit to rise

15 Feb 2011 - Macarthur Coal Ltd (ASX:MCC) says its first half net profit will rise as a result of its transaction with Gloucester Coal Ltd (ASX:GCL).

Specialty Fashion H1 profit falls 37%

14 Feb 2011 - Specialty Fashion Group Ltd (ASX:SFH) says its first half profit fell 37% to $16.8 million.

Salmat H1 profit drops 6.5%

14 Feb 2011 - Salmat Ltd (ASX:SLM) reports that its half year net profit fell 6.5 per cent to $22.7 million.

Bendigo and Adelaide H1 profit climbs 67%

14 Feb 2011 - Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd (ASX:BEN) says its first half net profit climbed 67 per cent to $173.9 million in the six months to 31 December 2010.

IAG downgrades H1 profit guidance

14 Feb 2011 - Insurance Australia Group Ltd (ASX:IAG) downgrades its first half-year profit expectations after a worse than anticipated loss in its UK operations.

Rio faces calls for bigger buyback

14 Feb 2011 - Rio Tinto Ltd (ASX:RIO) faces calls to return more money to shareholders.

Jetstar seeks Asian wage deal

14 Feb 2011 - Qantas Airways (ASX:QAN) budget subsidiary Jetstar gears up to employ more pilots and staff in Asia, to get a competitive edge in the region.

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