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Northern Foods said it expected to report results broadly in line with expectations for the year to the end of this month.

Wolseley the world's largest supplier of plumbing equipment, said first half profits rose by 21 percent to 226.3 million pounds, in line with estimates, and it saw the U.S. industrial and commercial markets improving.

Ebookers online travel agency grew 90 percent in 2003 as it announced its first ever adjusted pre-tax profit to 1.3 million pounds and said that 2004 had got off to a strong start.

Forth Ports posted a better-than-expected 12 percent rise in annual underlying profit and said it was confident of earnings growth in 2004.

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