James Hardie posts 17% jump in quarterly profit <!-- no image --> <div>James Hardie Industries, the world's biggest fibre cement maker, posted on Wednesday a 17% jump in third-quarter profit, underpinned by a strong performance in its North American housing business.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=jN17jpIgTZk:PnLTywFYbGY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=jN17jpIgTZk:PnLTywFYbGY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=jN17jpIgTZk:PnLTywFYbGY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=jN17jpIgTZk:PnLTywFYbGY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=jN17jpIgTZk:PnLTywFYbGY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/jN17jpIgTZk" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters