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Philip Clarke, Chief Executive said:
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First quarter highlights
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Record results in lesser biennial year
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PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
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Ok. It is big Pharma time. I am going to use the DividendMax tool to select on sector and then use other criteria to try and whittle down to the best Pharma dividend stock out there and that will become my dividend of the week.
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H1 2012/13 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
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PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE
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Steve Mogford, Chief Executive Officer, said:
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I never thought I would be writing about Apple in the context of dividends, but the death of the late, great Steve Jobs has changed this. He would not countenance Apple paying a dividend with memories of Apples $150 million bailout by Microsoft in 1997 still in the memory. Tim Cook though, has other ideas and Apple looks like a company that will be paying increasing dividends for many years to come.
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HEADLINES
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Revenue 11% higher at £869.2 million (2011: £784.0 million)
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Close Brothers Group plc ("the group" or "Close Brothers") today issues its Interim Management Statement relating to the first quarter from 1 August 2012 to 31 October 2012. All statements in this release relate to that time period, unless otherwise indicated. 
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Operational Highlights
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GOOD YEAR OF PERFORMANCE- Group revenues down 1%, an underlying increase of 3%- Good growth from B2B: revenues up 1%, an underlying increase of7%; with profits up 7%, an underlying increase of 8%- Associated's underlying revenues were up 2%, with a slightimprovement in operating margins- Operational focus at Northcliffe: profits up 54% despiteunderlying revenues down 6%- Group operating profit of £300m, up 7% on a reported andunderlying basis; operating margin increased from 14% to 15%- Profit before tax of £255m, up 10%- Active portfolio management: purchase of Jobrapido; sale of Evanta andremaining stake in dmg radio Australia; creation of Zoopla Property Groupjoint venture and, in November 2012, disposal of A&N Media's digitaloperations in central Europe- Disposal of Northcliffe Media agreed in November 2012; adjusted resultsexcluding discontinued operations shown on page 20- Net debt reduced by £106 million to £613 million; net debt: EBITDA of 1.6times- Share buy back programme of up to £100m over the coming year- Earnings per share up 7% to 49.4p; full year dividend increased by 6% to18.0p.Martin Morgan, Chief Executive, said:"DMGT has delivered a good set of results in the 12 months to 30September. Group adjusted pre-tax profits rose by 10%. Our international B2Bcompanies have increased their revenues and profits by 7% and 8% respectivelyon an underlying basis. Although our UK consumer businesses were impacted bychallenging trading conditions, it was particularly pleasing that Associatedwas able to grow its revenues by 2% on an underlying basis and thatunderlying profits for the consumer businesses rose 12% - reflecting greaterproductivity and efficiency linked to continued digitisation in that division.We continued to refine our portfolio of businesses during the yearwith further acquisitions and disposals aimed at improving our long termgrowth potential. Today we are a more focused and financially stronger Group,leaving us well positioned for 2013 and beyond."
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Strong top line growth and significant further efficiencies generated.
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Strong first half performance in challenging markets;
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Sales excluding precious metals (sales) 1% ahead at 1.3 billion
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Good results in tough markets; continued outperformance vs IPD
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Adjusted pre-tax profit from continuing operations up 6% to 60.8m (2011/12: 57.5m) on revenue up 6% at 298.1m (2011/12: 280.0m).
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After the risky selection last week of FirstGroup, this week I am going to use our tools to pick up some big, safe companies with hopefully big safe yields. Additionally, we will look for high growth plays, where the dividend is expected to grow by more than 20%
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Half year summary
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easyJet has delivered improved returns for shareholders and growth in a challenging economic environment. Profit before tax was up by 27.9% to a record 317 million and pre-tax profit margins grew by 1 percentage point to 8.2% despite a 182 million increase in unit fuel costs. Return on Capital Employed excluding operating lease adjustment improved by 1.8 percentage points to 14.5% (while Return on Capital Employed including operating lease adjustment improved by 1.5 percentage points to 11.3%.)
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Intertek Group plc ("Intertek"), a leading provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of industries around the world, today releases its Interim Management Statement for the period from 1 July to 18 November 2012. Where stated, financial results are for the period from 1 January to 31 October 2012 ("period"). All comparative comments in this statement reflect comparisons with the corresponding period during 2011. The Group's full year results to 31 December 2012 will be announced on 4 March 2013.
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Strong financial performance
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Acquisition to Provide Reckitt Benckiser a Significant Opportunity to Enter Large and Growing Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements Market Cash Offer Represents 23.5% Percent Premium to Announced Bayer Group Transaction And Tender Offer Can Close by Year-EndSlough, England - November 15, 2012 - Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC ("ReckittBenckiser") (LSE: RBL) today announced that it will commence a tender offertomorrow, November 16, 2012 to acquire all of the outstanding shares of SchiffNutrition International, Inc. ("Schiff") (NYSE: SHF), a leading provider ofbranded vitamins, nutrition supplements and nutrition bars in the United Statesand elsewhere, for $42.00 per share in cash valuing Schiff at approximately$1.4billion. Reckitt Benckiser's offer is not dependent on financing as thepurchase will be funded from existing facilities.Reckitt Benckiser's offer represents a premium of 23.5 percent over the $34.00per share transaction announced on October 30, 2012 by Bayer HealthCare LLC("Bayer") and Schiff. Reckitt Benckiser is confident that it can close thetender offer before the end of calendar year 2012, provided it is permitted inshort order to complete limited confirmatory due diligence.
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IMI, the global engineering group, issues the following Interim Management Statement, which covers the period from 1 July to 15 November 2012. 
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Melrose PLC today issues the following Interim Management Statement for the period from 1 July 2012 to 15 November 2012.
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Steady progress in continuing uncertain markets
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Strong financial performance in challenging markets with good contribution from the Group's Information Services, Post Trade Services and Technology businesses
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Improved performance in second half in line with expectations; £5.6bn of contract awards for year to date; challenging US conditions offset by overall portfolio strengthSerco Group plc (Serco), the international service company, today issues its Interim Management Statement covering the Group's performance since 30 June 2012. With strong operations and a high level of new contracts having recently begun, the second half of the year is seeing the forecasted improvement in financial performance. It is therefore anticipated that 2012 will be in line with expectations and our outlook is unchanged from that set out in the results announced in August 2012.Christopher Hyman, Chief Executive of Serco Group plc, said: "I am pleased with the business developments being made across the group, and particularly our operational achievements including the significant new contracts that have started in recent months. This supports the delivery of an improved financial performance in this second half and meeting expectations for the 2012 financial year. We continue to manage our portfolio proactively and it is showing its overall resilience and strength, with the challenging US market conditions being offset by our new BPO division and the AMEAA region both delivering excellent performances."
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Strong, well-positioned business model ready to take advantage of an improvement in market conditions
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BP confirms that it is in advanced discussions with the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding proposed resolutions of all US federal government criminal and SEC claims against BP in connection with the Deepwater Horizon incident. No final agreements have yet been reached and any resolutions, if agreed, would be subject to federal court approvals in the United States.
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Centrica expects to deliver year on year earnings growth in 2012 in line with market expectations, subject to the usual variables of weather and commodity prices, in a continuing weak economic environment.
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Steve Holliday, Chief Executive, said:"I am pleased with the progress we made in the first half of the year: operating our networks safely and reliably and delivering a record level of investment. More recently, our teams in the US responded in a timely, safe and effective way to restore service to our customers andlimit disruption caused by 'Superstorm' Sandy. "
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