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Rio Tinto (RIO) – Finals PTP: $9.8bn ($10.2bn) Divi: 84c (64c) The song remains the same. Another year of record earnings and cashflow on higher production volumes and better selling prices. Investment has been made into new reserves while cost pressures bite. Rio is at a... READ MORE >>

Bradford & Bingley (BB.) – Finals PTP: £126m (£246.7m) Divi: 21p... READ MORE >>

Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.) – Interims PTP: £26.7m (£20.5m) Divi: 3.1p (n/a) The shares of the private client wealth manager have rallied since last week’s strong interims but questions remain as to whether it will make earnings forecasts against the backcloth of falling... READ MORE >>

St Modwen Properties (SMP) – Finals PTP: £100.1m (£96.9m) Divi: 7.8p... READ MORE >>

Fidessa (FDSA) – Finals PTP: £17.1m (£14.3m) Divi: 18p (13.1p) Decelerating growth in consultancy work at the provider of software and services for front office trading solutions at brokerage and fund management firms could have set alarm bells ringing, but chief executive Chris... READ MORE >>

Smurfit Kappa (SKG) – Finals PTP €170m (€143m) Divi: 16.05c (n/a) Profits were slightly ahead of expectations, up 19% at €170 million, but the shares fell 3% to €8.9, a sign of investor concern that a major economic slowdown will inevitably affect Smurfit’s... READ MORE >>

Patsystems (PTS:AIM) – Finals PTP: £2.19m (£1.63m) Divi: 0.33p... READ MORE >>

Prodesse Investment (PRD) – Finals PTP: £10.7m (-£11.8m) Divi: 29.0p... READ MORE >>

Go-Ahead (GOG) – Interims PTP: £45.2m (£46.9m) Divi: 25.5p... READ MORE >>

Morse (MOR) – Interims PTP: £6.39m (£3.74m) Divi: 1.30p... READ MORE >>

Albemarle & Bond (ABM:AIM) – Interims PTP: £5.2m (£3.9m) Divi: 2.0p (1.8p) The pawnbroker appears to be benefiting from the credit crisis. The company’s loan book has increased 24% since last year – it put this down to tougher lending criteria for credit cards from the high... READ MORE >>

Hargreaves Services (HSP:AIM) PTP: £6.6m (£4.1m) Divi: 3.3p... READ MORE >>

Reckitt Benckiser (RB.) – Finals PTP £1.21bn (£1.02bn) Divi: 30p (25p) Profits rose just 2% in the fourth quarter but were up 35% for the year as a whole. Reckitt is all about brands and it did well with its 18 ‘powerbrands’ including Air Wick, Clearasil and Strepsil particularly... READ MORE >>