LAGOS, May 11 (Reuters) - Nigeria's Skye Bank Plc SKYE.LG saw net profit jump 43 percent to 9.61 billion naira ($66 million) in its second quarter to March 31, the Nigerian Stock Exchange said on Monday.
Gross earnings leapt 87 percent to 51.66 billion naira, the bank told the Nigerian bourse in its latest report. (Reporting by Oludare Mayowa; Editing by Rupert Winchester)
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Spyker Cars pressed ahead with efforts to cut a deal for Saab with General Motors, with talk of possible backing from a Dutch billionaire fanning the Swedish carmaker's faint hopes of an eleventh-hour reprieve.
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