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Drinks giant Diageo remains resilient

The owner of Smirnoff vodka has reported a 0.6% dip in organic sales for the first half of its financial year, and an 11% downturn in operating profit. However, Diageo has said that it expects to deliver improvement in sales and profit in the next half.

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