Air Liquide Posts Higher First-Half Earnings and Sales

Air Liquide posted an 11% increase in net profits for the first half of 2011 compared with the same period of last year, to €750 million on sales up 9%, to €7.1 billion. First-half operating profits increased almost 10%, to €1.2 billion. Second-quarter figures were not disclosed. Results were boosted by new investments, and business in emerging markets, Air Liquide says. "Business was sustained in the first half of 2011 and profits are up strongly," Air Liquide chairman and CEO Benoît Potier says. "They reflect the positive...

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