In 2010, the business reported pay levels of 62 percent.
Prudential's UK life insurance business reported a 19% increase in operating profit to £436m.
Ford Credit, the company's financing business, reported pretax profit of $1.08 billion, up from $678 million.
The brewing business reported flat volumes overall, but premium ale volumes rose by 4%.
In 2011, Pearson's north American education business reported revenues of £2.58bn, 44% of total group sales.
From 2000 through 2007, the trading business reported profits of $324 million.
For 2007, G.M.'s core automotive business reported record revenue of $178 billion, a $7 billion improvement over 2006.
Last year, Microsoft's server and tools business reported revenue of $11.5 billion and operating profit of $4.3 billion.
Microsoft's online business reported an increase in sales but a widening loss, as it continued to battle Google and Yahoo.
Lazard's asset management business reported $177.5 million in revenue, a 42percentt increase over the same time last year.
The company's television business reported surprisingly robust results given the downturn in advertising other media companies have suffered.
