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Building products company, James Hardie Industries (ASX:JHX) have announced its third quarter results to December 2012 to its shareholders and investors on the Australian stockmarket.

• James Hardie Industries have announced its third quarter results to December 31 of $31.5 million up from a $4.8 million loss.
• Three quarters Net Profit is down US$115 million or 7 percent.

Australian publicly listed airport: Sydney Airport (ASX:SYD) have announced its full year financial results for 2013 to its shareholders and investors on the Australian stock market.

• Sydney Airport have reported their full year profit to be $179.2 million up from a loss of $239.9 million in 2011.

Online accommodation and travel booking service, Wotif.com (ASX:WTF) have announced its half year financial results for 2013 to its shareholders and investors on the Australian stockmarket.

• Wotif.com post a profit of $27.5 million for the half, down 5 percent.
• Costs relating to online marketing, web maintenance and increasing employees raised operating costs by 6 percent.

Australian regional airline, Regional Express (ASX:REX) have announced its half year financial results for 2013 to its shareholders and investors on the Australian stockmarket.

• Regional Express had a net profit of $12.5 million, down 32.6 percent.
• REX had revenues of $135 million.
• First-half pre-tax profit dropped from $18.5 million to $12.5m

Drug manufacturing company, Mayne Pharma Group (ASX:MYX) have announced its half year financial results for 2013 to its shareholders and investors on the Australian stock market.

• Mayne Pharma announced a NPAT (Net Profit After Tax) excluding non-recurring items of $1.6 million.
• MYX also reported sales revenue of $27 million and NPAT of $2.5 million loss.
• Mayne Pharma EBITDA was $1.2m with underlying EBITDA at $5.4 million.

Publicly listed law firm, Slater & Gordon (ASX:SGH) have announced its half year financial results for 2013 to its shareholders and investors on the Australian stock market.

• Slater & Gordon reported a net profit of $19.1 million for the first half of FY 2013, up 61 percent on the previous corresponding period of $11.8 million
• Slater & Gordon Revenue for the half was $145.7 million, up 46.5 percent on $99.5 million in the prior corresponding period.

Engineering and Property Maintenance company, United Group (ASX:UGL) have announced its half year financial results for 2013 to its shareholders and investors on the Australian stockmarket.

• United Group reported a net profit of $26 million, down 53 percent from $55.4 million in the previous corresponding period.
• Underlying Net Profit After Tax (NPAT) was $51 million, down from $72.2 million in the previous corresponding period.

Shopping Centre Management Company, Westfield (ASX:WDC) have announced its full year financial results for 2012 to its shareholders and investors on the Australian stockmarket.

• Westfield Group had a full year profit of $1.718 billion up 18.3 percent on the prior corresponding period.

Property Management and Investment company Charter Hall Group (ASX:CHC) have announced its half year financial results for 2013 to its shareholders and investors on the Australian stockmarket.

• Charter Hall Group Net Profit of $29.9 million up 52.6 percent on the prior corresponding period.
• Charter Hall total revenue up 15.2 percent to $81.1 million.
• Charter Hall Funds Under Management (FUM) is up 12 percent to $10 billion.

Regional TV and Radio Company, Prime Media Group (ASX:PRT) have announced its half year financial results for 2013 to its shareholders and investors on the Australian stockmarket.

• Prime Media Group have announced a Net Profit of $4.6 million, down 71.4 percent on the previous corresponding period.
• Prime Media core net profit after tax up 21.1 percent to $19.4 million for the half year.