French bank BNP Paribas more than doubled net profit in the third quarter to 1.32 billion euros ($1.7 billion), beating expectations, but this was partly because the comparable results last year were

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French bank BNP Paribas more than doubled net profit in the third quarter to 1.32 billion euros ($1.7 billion), beating expectations, but this was partly because the comparable results last year were relatively weak, the group said in a statement on Wednesday.

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