Nestle reported an 18.4 percent increase in net profit for H1 2007 to $ 38 billion . Nestle also signaled it was moving closer to a possible sale of U.S.-listed eyecare products company Alcon as pressure grows to shed some of its non-food operations , which also include top world cosmetics company L'Oreal . ` Sales rose 8.4 percent to $ 42 billion , organic sales growth was 7.4 percent . It is moving closer to a possible sale of U.S.-listed company itself .
Nestle reported an 18.4 percent increase in net profit for H1 2007 to $ 38 billion . Sales rose 8.4 percent to $ 42 billion , organic sales growth was 7.4 percent . It is moving closer to a possible sale of U.S.-listed company itself .