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* Hedge funds have best first-half returns in a decade * H1 returns helped by stock market rally * June's returns are nearly flat (Adds details on data) BOSTON, July 8 - Hedge funds rose...

HONG KONG, July 8 - Chinese property developer Shimao Property said its contracted sales of apartments amounted to 13.2 billion yuan ($1.93 billion) for the first half of 2009, up 200 percent from the same...

China's foreign trade sector will show a decline for the first half of this year, and may not improve in the second half, said Zhong Shan, vice minister of the Ministry of Commerce (MOC), at a national meeting on export credit insurance, sources reported. During the period from January to April, exports declined 20.5%...

Sep. 22, 2008 (China Knowledge) - China Mengniu Dairy Co<2319>, the nation's biggest dairy maker, announced that its net profit for the first half of the year amounted to RMB 583 million, representing an increment...

* H1 adjusted earnings 80 cents vs forecast 71 cents * Sees easing of input costs in H2 * H1 dividend 17 cents/share by David Jones LONDON, Nov 19 - World No. 2 brewer SABMiller...

* H1 profit hits record on sales growth * Trims year profit forecast in face of strong NZ dollar * Plans new breathing products, to up offshore production (Adds details, company comment) WELLINGTON, Nov 19...

* H1 current operating loss 543 mln euros * H1 net loss 573 mln euros * Shares closed down 0.3 pct before results released (Adds details from press conference) PARIS, Nov 18 - Air France...

* South Korea's top life insurer to go public in H1 2010 * To pick lead managers in December * No comment on possible IPO size (Adds details, background) SEOUL, Nov 16 - Samsung Life,...

* Warns of more competitive U.S. sweetener pricing * Says on track to meet its expectations for year * H1 pretax profits 112 million pounds, consensus 113 million * Half-year dividend unchanged at 6.8 pence...

* Does not expect travel demand to rise for at least 1-2 yrs * Profit at 752 mln dirhams vs 284 mln a year earlier * H1 revs 19.8 bln dirhams, down 13.5 percent from...