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A surge in Asian demand for automotive turbochargers also boosted results.

The company said a lower-than-expected tax rate in the quarter boosted results by about 4 cents a share.

Tight cost controls also boosted results.

More fees from Amazon's Prime shopping club and media streaming services, along with growing advertising revenue, also boosted results.

That would be the strongest monthly sales result of 2009 excluding the "clunkers"- boosted results of July and August.

Limited Brands Inc LTD.N said Wednesday that fourth-quarter net income rose 27 percent as fewer markdowns and more full-priced sales boosted results.

It also backed away from rosy assumptions that boosted results in the past, as more student borrowers were late on loan payments.

Irish engineering group Mincon said revenue rose 40 per cent in the first quarter of the year as additional revenue from acquisitions boosted results.

The best start to spring planting in at least three years in Western Canada, Viterra's base, boosted results, the company said, and expanded planted area.

The company benefited from a lower-than-expected tax rate that boosted results by about 5 cents a share, but that rate will rise again in 2011.