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Fri 02 Feb 2007US technology firm routed $1bn revenues into Irish unitA Californian technology firm with only a handful of workers in Dublin funnelled revenues of almost $1 billion (€762 million) into an Irish holding company which made more than a quarter of its profits.SanDisk Manufacturing made a net profit of $105.96 million on revenues of $955 million in the eight months after its Irish unit started business in April 2005, according to new filings in the Companies Office.