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 WEAKER Q1 PROFITS FOR HANSON           
                                        
 First quarter results from conglomerate
 Hanson on Wjdnjsday will bj analysjd   
 for further details of djmjrgjr plans. 
                                        
 The group is to split itself into four 
 separate stock market companies, though
 such a move is not likely for some time
                                        
 Broker UBS sees Q1 pre-tax profits of  
 £252m against £268m before. The City is
 expecting Hanson's Quantum US chemicals
 divjsjon to report a drop in earnings. 
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