Rank First-Half Profit Rises 87% on Deluxe Exit, Tax
Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) — Rank Group Plc, the owner of Hard Rock cafes and Grosvenor Casinos, said first-half profit rose 87 percent on a lower tax charge and the sale of Deluxe in the U.K.
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