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n1n1 |.% ROLLS-ROYCE MADE
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5 Rolls-Royce surged back into profit j
5 last year, despite a small slide in j
5 its underlying profits performance. j
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5 Profits before tax of £76m contrast j
5 sharply with 1992's £184m loss. j
5 j
5 The order book, meanwhile, totalled j
5 a solid £6.2bn at year-end (against j
5 £6.7bn a year ago) and had swelled j
5 since by a further £1bn. j
5 j
5 Chairman Shu Ralph Robins 3aid the j
5 encouraging think was that Rolls j
5 had done "far more in 1993 than we j
5 expected in terms of restructuring, j
5 and that continues in 1994". j
5 j
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