FRANKFURT, Aug 1 (Reuters) - BMW (BMWG.DE: Quote, Profile, Research), the world's largest premium carmaker, reported a 13.6 percent decline in second-quarter pre-tax profit to 1.065 billion euros ($1.46 billion), lagging average analyst expectations.
The Munich-based company confirmed its outlook for 2007.
A survey of 23 analysts polled by reuters had on average estimated a pre-tax profit of 1.13 billion euros.
To read a detailed Reuters poll bre
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