India Inc sees profit slowdown

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Q3 04-05

Q3 05-06

Sales43,588.5250,681.5216.27 Other income1,283.231,474.3614.89 Operating profit10,327.1111,458.7110.96 Gross profit9,151.4110,068.5810.02 Net profit5,746.406,498.8313.09 No. of companies: 186  The list of early birds includes manufacturing and services companies and not banks and non-banking finance companies.  The slowdown in the growth of net sales