Lagardere reported first-half of the year results after the close of the market in France on Thursday. Sales at Lagardere Publishing were 547 million euros in the second quarter (up 37 million euros), down 3.4 percent on a like-for-like basis for the quarter but up 7.1 percent in actual results on the strength of the US dollar and pound sterling. For the first half of the year, sales were 968 million euros (also up 7.1 percent but down on a like-for-like basis), but earnings fell to just 36 million euros, down 28 percent from 50 million euros a year ago (which itself […]