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Frank Cicutto, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for the National Australia Bank, declares half yearly results in Sydney, 09 May 2002. The National announced a record 2.26 billion dollars (1.4 billion US) group net profit for the half year ended 31 March 2002, up eleven percent on the result for the same period last year. (KEYSTONE/EPA PHOTO AFP/GREG WOOD)