What is the word (the reporter speaks indistinctly) between "centric" and "profits"?

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What is the word (the reporter speaks indistinctly) between "centric" and "profits"? at 2:02 in [
]. Is there "a full stop" before "centric" so that "centric profits" can be referred to another sentence? Thank you.
 

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Utterance 1: You have the one boss of one company saying they're a cash machine.
Utterance 2: [unintelligible]
Utterance 3. Profits in their billions.

Utterance 2 contains the name of the company: Centrica. However, there seems to be a word after it. It might be 'Centrica today'.
 

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Is the word in 2:03 between"common on" and "are you ruling out" intelligible at all? Thank you. It is not clear for me what the point is in the usage of "common on". What is the meaning of the phrase in this context?
 

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It's "Come on. Look""
What is the meaning of "Come on. Look" just in this context. What is the message the reporter tries to convey by saying this? Thank you.
 

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It's an expression of mild impatience. It's sort of like saying "I can't believe I have to say this."
 
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