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Your support makes all the difference.London-listed US motor parts distributor Mid-States returned to the dividend list for the first time in three years after posting second quarter pre-tax profits 17 per cent higher at pounds 1.63m. Dermot Desmond, the Irish entrepreneur who recently bought London City airport, has built up an 18 per cent stake. The shares ended 2.5p higher at 20.5p.
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