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Article: More european firms post dismal results.(third quarter and first nine months)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Chemical Week
- Article date:
- November 21, 2001
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Snia (Milan) reported a [euro]3.9-million ($3.5 million) operating loss in the third quarter, compared with an [euro]18-million profit a year earlier, on sales up 5%, to [euro]297 million. Linde's industrial gases business reported a 16% rise in operating profits in the first nine months of 2001, to [euro]432 million, on sales up 4%, to [euro]2.9 billion. Third-quarter figures were nor ...