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BMW drop in profits stifles recovery hopes

By Daniel Schäfer in Berlin

Published: November 3 2009 10:24 | Last updated: November 3 2009 19:49

BMW disappointed investors on Tuesday with a larger than expected drop in third-quarter earnings, providing a blow to hopes that the worst in the premium car market could be over.

The German group’s shares fell by more than 6 per cent after the world’s largest premium carmaker said its profit after tax had dropped 74 per cent to €78m ($114m) in the third quarter from €298m in the same period the year before.

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