Tesco feeds off global expansion

April 10 (Bloomberg) Ã Tesco, the UK's largest supermarket chain, indicated its second-half profit rose 17% after adding more televisions and electronics at British outlets and opening more superstores abroad. Net income rose to £466m, or 6.69p a share, in the six months to February 28 from £400m, or 5.85p, a year earlier, Bloomberg calculations show. Tesco said it will create 20,000 jobs, half in Britain, as it seeks to balance sales of food and general merchandise at home while expanding internationally. The growing range of goods and financial services helped Tesco's full-year sa...