Last year, it turned a profit of 3.2 billion euros - the highest in its history.

Fiat had a net profit of 379 million euros for 2001.

Infineon last posted a yearly profit of 1.13 billion euros in 2000.

A year earlier, Allianz reported a profit of 1.9 billion euros.

In the year 2009 the festival reached 460.000 participants, leaving a profit of around 10 million euros in the city.

The bank, based in Milan, had net profit in 2004 of 2.1 billion euros.

In 2005, the company reported a profit of 2.3 billion euros.

That is in contrast to a profit of 1.95 billion euros in the first half of last year.

Until 2006 this gave the local authorities a profit of 36 million euros.

For 2003, Puma expects profit of at least 245 million euros, nearly triple its income last year.