Pre-tax profits growth was more muted, edging up to 183.2 million dollars (£135.8 million) from 181.8 million dollars (£134.7 million) a year ago, as it said earnings were weighed on by a “deliberate step-up in customer acquisition investment” and costs linked to scaling up its US business, as well as a short-term foreign exchange hit.
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