
Consensus forecasts for this year’s operating profit increased to €82 million from €74 million.
- THE SLOWING economy and a run of winning results for punters has prompted bookmaker Paddy Power to cut its operating profit forecast for the year to €75 million from €82 million.
- INDEPENDENT NEWS MEDIA (INM) held its interim dividend steady for the first time in more than a decade as the firm reported a 0.5 per cent drop in pre-exceptional operating profit in the six months to June and said it was "difficult" to reliably forecast advertising sales in the second half of the year.