Big jump for WorleyParsons as growth shot hits bullseye
February 27, 2008
AUSTRALIA'S largest engineering company, WorleyParsons, has met its ambitious growth targets with a 62 per cent jump in interim profit and forecast higher earnings in the second half.
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