BMW sees solid revenue growth in first half

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BERLIN (Reuters) – BMW on Thursday reported significantly higher year on year revenues for the first half at 74 billion euros ($80.87 billion), due in part to the integration of its Chinese joint venture BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) as well as higher sales and pricing.Its earnings before interest and taxes came in at 9.7 billion euros, up 42.6%, but net profit fell to 6.6 billion euros, also due to the impact of integrating BBA the previous year, it said.

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