Summary
British American Tobacco has reported a 20 per cent rise in first- half earnings, boosted by foreign exchange gains and timing of shipments which it said would reverse in the third-quarter.
London-based BAT, which makes Lucky Strike, posted adjusted earnings per share of 49.11 pence for the first six months of 2006, ahead of forecasts of between 46.1 pence and 46.6 pence.See the full content of this document
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