Albertsons profit up, but miss estimates (Reuters)
7th Sep 2005, 16:33 GMT
Reuters - Albertsons Inc. , the No. 2 U.S. grocer that recently put itself up for sale, on Wednesday posted a smaller-than-expected 3 percent gain in quarterly profit and said it would sell some property to cash in on the U.S. real estate boom.
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