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 STD UTILITIES POWERS AHEAD             
                                        
 United Utilities, renamed from North   
 West Water after it bought Norweb,  is 
 likely to show its fortunes are going  
 from strength to strength.             
                                        
 UBS reckons taxable profits in the year
 to March 31 will have surged to £373m  
 from £284m, when it reports on Thursday
                                        
 The real beneficiaries of the enlarged 
 group will bj the shareholders. UBS    
 predicts a total dividend of 31.7p.    
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