UPDATE 1-Hutchison H1 profit beats forecast; confident about outlook
July 31, 2014 at 05:38 AM EDT
HONG KONG, July 31 (Reuters) - Hutchison Whampoa Ltd , a retail-to-telecoms group owned by Asia's richest man Li Ka-shing, posted a 13 percent rise in first-half underlying profit, beating analyst estimates, thanks to its growing European telecom and retail businesses.