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San Miguel Net Profit Rose 7% In First Quarter
San Miguel Corp., the Philippines' largest food and beverage conglomerate, said Monday its first-quarter net profit rose 7% from a year earlier, helped by higher sales of beer and hard liquor in the local market as well as double-digit growth in operating income. The conglomerate that is now diversifying into heavy industries to drive future growth said net profit in the January-March quarter rose to 2.90 billion pesos ($64.3 million) from 2.70 billion pesos in the year-earlier period, while sales rose 7% to 44.7 billion pesos from 41.9 billion pesos.
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