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Wed 01 Jan 2007CRH expects 23% rise in pretax profitBuilding materials group CRH said today its pre-tax profit for last year was expected to be 23 per cent ahead of 2005 and that it spent about €2.1 billion on acquisitions in 2006.CRH, which is due to publish full-year results on March 6th, said in a trading statement it expected profit before tax in 2006 had risen by about €300 million - slightly more than analysts' consensus forecast.