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IHH Healthcare Q1 pre-tax profit falls to RM213.59m

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 – IHH Healthcare Bhd’s pre-tax profit declined to RM213.588 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 from RM218.248 million recorded in the same period last year.

Revenue, however, increased to RM1.62 billion, during the quarter under review, from RM1.26 billion chalked up previously.

In a filing to Bursa Malaysia, ... Read More

Apple CEO Tim Cook confers with staff during a break at a Senate homeland security and governmental affairs investigations subcommittee hearing in Washington, May 21, 2013. — Reuters pic

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