	veba s raab karcher raises operating profit raab karcher ag a trading subsidiary of veba ag vebg f said it increased operating profit in despite a sharp decline in turnover and added there were good chances this profit level could be held in operating profit rose to just under mln marks in from around mln in however the group s third party sales fell sharply to billion marks from billion the year before largely due to lower prices for energy products particularly oil and coal managing board chairman klaus giesel told a news conference reuter 
