Article: Lafarge North America Reports Fourth-Quarter and Year-End Earnings.

-- Fourth-quarter sales up 14%; operating income up 27% -- Full-year sales up 15%; operating income up 18% -- Board declares quarterly cash dividend

HERNDON, Va., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lafarge North America Toronto, the leading supplier of construction materials in the U.S. and Canada, today reported net income in the fourth quarter of $144.6 million, or $1.84 per share diluted. These results include a tax credit of $32 million, or $0.41 cents per share diluted, associated with the repatriation of cash from Canada to the U.S. Excluding this credit, fourth- quarter 2005 earnings were $1.43 per share diluted, up 20 percent compared with $1.19 per ...

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