Friday, August 3, 2007

RBS profits rise beats f/casts, lifts dividend 25 pct

(Reuters) - RBS said its underlying operating profit in the six months to the end of June was 5.1 billion pounds , up from 4.6 billion a year before and an average forecast of 5.04 billion pounds from a Reuters Estimates poll of four analysts.



The bank said income grew 8 percent to 14.7 billion pounds and costs as a percentage of revenue improved to 41.4 percent from 41.9 percent.


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