Diageo upbeat after full year beats forecast

LONDON (Reuters) - Diageo, the world's biggest spirits group, set an ambitious 10 percent-plus earnings growth target, when beating forecasts with a 16 percent rise in its full-year earnings that lifted its shares on Thursday.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/17aa3eb5/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Diageo+upbeat+after+full+year+beats+forecast&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F08%2F25%2Fuk-diageo-idUKTRE77N8KK20110825%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Diageo+upbeat+after+full+year+beats+forecast&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F08%2F25%2Fuk-diageo-idUKTRE77N8KK20110825%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/110622065070/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/17aa3eb5/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/110622065070/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/17aa3eb5/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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