RUPERT Murdoch's News Corporation, currently pounds 13.64, is set to reveal a big profits jump in its half-year figures on Tuesday. Terry Povey of ANZ McCaughan expects up to Adollars 475m ( pounds 237m) after tax but before abnormal items, and a near Adollars 1bn for the full year - nearly double last time's tally.
A good performance from Fox TV and a huge drop in the interest bill on News Corp's debt mountain will more than make up for poor figures from Harper Collins, the publishers, and what may turn out to be a near total write-off on Toys, a film that has bombed at the US box office.
After some typically Murdochian fancy footwork on the accounting treatment of BSkyB, it is even possible that News Corp will be able to include a profit on the satellite TV company.
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