Republic Services, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., posted a net income of $64.4 million on $718.6 million in revenue during third-quarter 2005. For the same period last year, the firm reported a net income of $60.9 million on $683.2 million in revenue.
For the first half of 2005, Republic posted a net income of $129.9 million on $1.4 billion in revenue. For the first six months of 2004, the company reported a net income of $117.8 million on $1.3 billion in revenue.