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Ducati 1Q Revenues Up 23.4% |
 | | Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. says revenues for its first quarter ended March 31 were Euro 100.3 million, up 23.4% including forex (or up 26.3% excluding forex) over the same period in 2003. |
 | | Pre-tax profit of the Ducati Group was Euro 800,000 in the first quarter of 2004, compared with a loss of Euro 6.2 million in the first quarter of 2003, including the impact of a one-off Euro 3.5 million restructuring charge. |
 | | Unofficial Ducati worldwide registrations, a measure of retail sales, were up 11% versus the first quarter of last year, in a market growing 3%, Ducati said, reporting registrations up 39% in the U.S., 26% in Italy, 13% in non-subsidiary country and 8% in the UK. |
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