Profit growth at Sweden's Skanska hit by fourth-quarter goodwill charges

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Skanska delivered a lower-than-expected fourth-quarter operating profit rise on Friday, as one-off charges overshadowed profitability gains at its construction division. Goodwill impairment charges totalling 467 million crowns related to Skanska's British construction business and Norwegian residential development operation weighed on its profit."We see that the volume assumptions we've made earlier to defend the goodwill aren't viable," Chief Executive Daniel..