G4S posts 8 percent rise in first-half earnings and maintains dividend

EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Britain’s G4S posted an 8.2 percent rise in first-half core earnings on Wednesday and maintained its dividend but the group showed limited progress in a drive to cut debt as part of an ongoing overhaul of the security business.
The world’s largest security firm, currently restructuring to pay off debts and limit losses from businesses such as services to asylum seekers in the UK, said revenues rose 5.1 percent. Its interim dividend, which some analysts had