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BUZZ-IAG: shares jump on profit upgrade

** IAG hikes 2015 profit forecast by more than 20 pct in latest in a series of upgrades, leaving shares within grasp of a record high

** Helped by lower fuel costs & as it grows capacity

** Stock up 4.6 pct, top FTSE 100 riser & on course for biggest 1-day rise since late Nov

** Co raised its 2014 forecast in October amid exposure to strong demand for North Atlantic travel and the return of its Spanish arm Iberia to profitability (RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : tricia.wright1.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)