| Company | Profit | Comment |
Standard Chartered |
£2.15 Billion | first-half net profit rose 11% to 2.15 billion pounds |
Lloyds Banking Group |
£596 million ($ 950 Million) |
Profits were down from 7.1 billion pounds a year earlier when results were skewed by the accounting effect of its HBOS acquisition. |
Adidas AG |
126 million Euros ($167 million) | Profit was €9 million in the same period a year ago. Sales surged 19% to €2.92 billion. |
Societe Generale
|
1.08 Billion Euros ($1.43 billion) | Profit was 309 million Euros a year earlier. |
