GLAXO PROFITS UP SHARPLY, DIVIDEND RAISED
  Six months to end-December
      Shr 32.6p vs 22.3p
      Div 5.0p vs 4.0p
      Pre-tax profit 376 mln stg vs 260 mln
      Turnover 883 mln vs 686 mln
      Tax 133 mln vs 94 mln
      Note - company full name is Glaxo Holdings Plc &lt;GLXO.L>.
      Trading profit 338 mln vs 233 mln
      Share of profits of associates 14 mln vs seven mln
      Investment income less interest payable 24 mln vs 20 mln
      Profit after tax 243 mln vs 166 mln
      Minority interests two mln vs one mln
      Extraordianry credit eight mln vs nil
      Turnover includes -
      Continuing activities 875 mln vs 647 mln
      Discontinued activities eight mln vs 39 mln
      U.K. 111 mln vs 91 mln
      Europe 299 mln vs 218 mln
      North America 334 mln vs 229 mln
      Central and South America 21 mln vs 20 mln
      Africa and Middle East 29 mln vs 23 mln
      South East Asia and Far East 57 mln vs 47 mln
      Australasia 24 mln vs 19 mln
      Anti-peptic ulcerants 414 mln vs 285 mln
      Systemic antibiotics 112 mln vs 82 mln
      Respiratory system 183 mln vs 141 mln
  

