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Campbell Soup profit rises 71 pct


    (Reuters) - Campbell Soup Co reported a 71 percent rise in quarterly profit, as more people bought soup during a spell of harsher-than-usual winter weather in the United States.

    Net profit attributable to the company rose to $325 million, or $1.03 per share in the second quarter, from $190 million, or 60 cents per share, a year earlier.

    Excluding items, the world's largest soup maker earned 76 cents per share from continuing operations.

    Sales rose 5.5 percent to $2.28 billion in the quarter ended January 26. U.S. soup sales rose 5 percent in the quarter.

    (Reporting by Siddharth Cavale and Shailaja Sharma in Bangalore; Editing by Savio D'Souza)