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Royal Bank of Scotland has reported a net profit of 1.2 billion pounds ($2 billion) in the third quarter as it booked a 2.4 billion pounds accounting gain on the value of its own debt.

Global sports equipment maker Amer Sports Corp., whose brands include Atomic, Salomon and Wilson, saw third-quarter net profit grow 16 percent to euro55.3 million ($77 million) on surging sales.

Telenor's third-quarter net profit rose by 52 percent amid higher revenues, trimmed costs and a lower tax rate, the Norwegian telecommunications group said Wednesday.

Embattled Swiss bank UBS said on Tuesday it expects to report a modest net profit for the third quarter after a rogue trading scandal.

Insurer Allianz SE says net profit slipped 7.4 percent in the second quarter as the company took a loss of euro326 million ($460 million) on its holdings of Greek bonds.

Airbus parent company EADS NV said Friday its first-half earnings fell from a year earlier as the impact of the weakening U.S. dollar offset higher commercial and military jet sales and record orders for its new A320neo fuel-saving jet.

The parent company of Mercedes-Benz, Daimler, has posted a record net profit of $2.5 billion for the second quarter of the year, smashing most estimates and increasing by almost 30 percent on the same period a year ago.

Telecommunications company BT Group PLC on Thursday reported a 26 percent increase in net profit in the three months ending March 31, finishing a year in which cost cutting helped boost the company's profit by 46 percent.

Korean Air's net profit in the first quarter jumped 49 percent on investment and foreign currency gains.

An analyst aggregate expects GM to post a $5.3 billion net profit for 2010 when it announces figures later this week.