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Australian-based shareholder services provider, Computershare (ASX:CPU), released its first half profit results to the stock market.

• Computershare Net Profit of $94.8 million for the six months to December 31, down 15.2 percent on the previous corresponding period.
• CPU revenue $976.8 million, up 26.1 percent.

Pizza franchise operator, Domino's Pizza Enterprises (ASX:DMP) have released its first half profits to the Australian sharemarket.

• Dominoes made a $14 million Net Profit for the 6 months to December 31, up 15.7 percent on the previous year.
• Same store sales growth slowed at 1.5 percent, compared with 8.4 percent on the previous corresponding period.

Australian condom and rubber gloves manufacturer, Ansell (ASX:ANN) have reported its first half results to the stock market.

• Ansell made a $55 million net profit, down 15 percent from $64.9 million in the previous corresponding period.
• ANN revenue increased 5.1 percent to $627.9 million, from $597.7 million.
• Ansell launched a share buyback, planning to buy back 2 to 3 million of its shares.
• Ansell had made four recent company acquisitions

Property management and developer, Stockland (ASX:SGP) have released their half year results to the Australian stock market.

• $147.1 million loss in the six months to December 31 (1H). For the same corresponding period in 2011 the company had a profit of $307.6 million.
• Stockland revenue was $791.9 million from $936 million in the prior corresponding period.

Australia's largest pharmaceutical company CSL (ASX:CSL) have reported its first half profits to the ASX (Australian Securities Exchange).

• First half net profit came in at US$626.9 million, up 24.3 percent.
• Earnings per share jumped 30 percent to US124.7 cents, from the CSL's ongoing share buyback

Australian food supplier, Goodman Fielder (ASX:GFF) have released its half year profit results to the stock market.

• $51 million Interim net profit to the six months to December 31. Up 137 percent from $25.1 million in the previous corresponding period.

Australian construction services company, Leighton Holdings (ASX:LEI) has reported its full year results to the stockmarket.

• Leighton posted a full year net profit of $450.1 million for the full year to December 31, in the previous year Leighton had a $285.5 million loss.
• LEI Total annual revenue was $18.95 billion, up 3 percent.

Australian banking giant, CommBank (ASX:CBA) has released its first half profit results to December 31.

• CBA $3.78 billion half year net profit.
• CommBank shares jumped $1.85 on the announcement, or 2.7 percent, a new record high of $67.37 per share, Commonwealth Bank market capitalisation at $108 billion.

Australian consumer technology retailer, JB Hi-Fi (ASX:JBH) have announced a net profit of $82 million in the six months to December 31, 2012, up from $79.6 million on the previous corresponding period.

• U.S. Energy Information Administration claims that China uses almost as much coal in a year as the rest of the world combined, accounting for 47 percent of coal consumption. The organisation claims that 3.8 billion tonnes in 2011, up 9 percent.