Tuesday, April 24, 2007

UPDATE 1-Akzo Nobel Q1 core profit beats expectations

(Reuters) - Akzo Nobel said on March 12 it would sell its pharma unit Organon BioSciences for $14 billion to U.S. drug giant Schering-Plough Corp , surprising investors who expected details of an initial public offering .

First-quarter net profit including the pharma unit fell 1 percent to 246 million euros. The average analyst expectation was 211 million euros.


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