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| | Brooke Corporation Doubles Quarterly Profits |
 | | OVERLAND PARK, Kan., July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Robert D. Orr, Chairman and CEO of Brooke Corporation (Amex: BXX) announces a 108% increase in quarterly earnings to $1,570,000, or $.15 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2004 from $755,000, or $.06 per diluted split adjusted share. |
 | | Quarterly revenues increased 59% to $24,414,000 in the second quarter of 2004 from $15,369,000 in the second quarter of 2003. |
 | | Orr also noted that earnings for the twelve-month period ending June 30, 2004, were $5,622,000 and that trailing annual earnings per share were approximately $.55 based on the number of diluted outstanding shares as of June 30, 2004. |
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