First-half pretax profit after items rose 25 percent to 251.6 million Irish punts, compared with 200.6 million Irish punts a year earlier.
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First-half pretax profit after items rose 25 percent to 251.6 million Irish punts, compared with 200.6 million Irish punts a year earlier.
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Aran has sought to fight the hostile bid from Arco, which has offered 178 million Irish punts ( $ 288 million ) for the Dublin-based company.
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Over the past six weeks, the Irish punt has been under attack by speculators who expect it to fall in the run-up to the single currency.
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That will create a single fund management company with about 11.5 billion Irish punts ( $ 18.1 billion ) in assets, using the Govett name.
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Pretax profit for Ireland's largest financial group rose to 372.6 million Irish punts ( $ 586 million ) from 341.2 million punts in 1994.
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Fidelity said currency funds that might be " merged or terminated " include those investing in the Danish krone, Irish punt, Portuguese escudo and Finnish markka.
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Instead, the Irish punt is trading more than 9 percent away from its central parity against the French franc, which is at the bottom of the currency grid.
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The European Union's executive Commission on Monday welcomed the entry of the Greek drachma into the EU exchange-rate system and the revaluation of the Irish punt.
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Norway's Statoil offered to pay 198 million Irish punts ( $ 318 million ) for oil explorer Aran Energy Plc, topping a hostile bid from Atlantic Richfield Co.
