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"UK food firm Northern Foods has posted a 16% drop in first-half profits but said it aimed to post second-half profits at last year&amp;#39;s level.   The company, which makes own-label ready meals and desserts for UK retailers such as Marks &amp;amp;amp; Spencer, reported underlying pre-tax profit of &amp;#163;32.5m (US$54.2m) for the six months to 30 September, compared to &amp;#163;38.8m a year earlier, reported Reuters."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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