Thursday, July 19, 2007

UPDATE 1-SunTrust quarterly profit rises on one-time gain

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, July 19 - SunTrust Banks Inc. , the seventh-largest U.S. bank, posted better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday, helped by cost cutting and a gain from selling a portion of its Coca-Cola Co. stock holdings.



Second-quarter net income for the Atlanta-based company was $673.9 million, or $1.89 a share, up from $544 million, or $1.49 per share, a year earlier.


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