Tuesday, July 31, 2007

UPDATE 1-General Growth core FFO up 18 percent

(Reuters) - General Growth reported second-quarter core funds from
operations of $216.6 million, or 73 cents per share,
compared with $184.1 million, or 62 cents per share, the previous
year. The results trailed analysts average forecast of 74 cents
per share, according to Reuters Estimates.




FFO removes the profit-reducing effect that depreciation -- a
noncash accounting item -- has on earnings. Core FFO strips out
General Growth's master-planned community sales and provisions for
income taxes, both of which General Growth says distorts the
results of its ongoing business.


Read more at Reuters.com Market News

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