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ITN's pension deficit grew to £59.5m in 2010, a year in which the broadcaster returned a modest pre-tax profit.

The utility sector is an example: so far this year, the average mutual fund that invests in utility shares has returned a modest 3.1 percent, versus a 5 percent gain for the average domestic equity fund.

Cirque became the star of the festival and even returned a modest $40,000 profit.

(Roosevelt's Home Owners Loan Corporation returned a modest profit to the Treasury). Benefits: some three million at-risk homeowners don't lose their homes.

But we are confident of returning a modest profit in the coming year too".

Despite the improved paper, sales continued to drift down to a low of about 30,000 copies, but the financial situation was turned around, to the point where the Weekly was returning a modest profit.

Murray did, though, have plenty of help as Nalbandian, seemingly jaded after a career-best winning streak of 11 matches, failed to return a modest Murray second serve when he had a real chance of reaching break point in the fourth game, and then delivered a double fault to drop serve in the seventh.

This year the market is expected to return a modest 10%-15 10%-15Retzer is far from worried.

The tour of Australia in December and January also finished in a 4-0 whitewash for India and this time Dravid was less prolific, passing 50 only once, in the first innings of the first Test, and returning a modest average of 24.

Delta Duchess, who had won three of 13 starts this season, returned a more modest $21.

Following a second quarter that saw the XLE rise by more than 13%, the third quarter returned a more modest 0.4%, but numbers for individual companies varied greatly within the sector.