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Schering-Plough 4Q profit up 75 percent
(AP) Yahoo Company Earnings | 584 days 22 hours 44 minutes agoAP - The Drugmaker Schering-Plough Corp. said Monday its fourth-quarter profit surged 75 percent as strong sales of its cholesterol, arthritis and medicines helped offset rising costs. More Info... |
Cummins 4th-quarter profit up on fleet updates
(Reuters) Yahoo Company Earnings | 584 days 22 hours 58 minutes agoReuters - Cummins Inc. , a diesel engine
maker, said on Monday quarterly earnings rose 13 percent as
North American truckers rushed to update their fleets ahead of
tough new U.S. clean-air rules, offsetting a steep drop in
demand from DaimlerChrysler. More Info... |
Stanley Nails the Fourth Quarter
(BusinessWeek Online) Yahoo Company Earnings | 585 days 49 minutes agoBusinessWeek Online - Who says a tool company has to suffer because Americans aren't building as many homes? The Stanley Works (SWLK.) has been moving its business to other parts of the world and pushing into different areas like security. Investors bought the stock on Jan. 26 after the New Britain (Conn.) company posted a sharply stronger quarterly profit. More Info... |
Sysco quarterly profit rises
(Reuters) Yahoo Company Earnings | 585 days 1 hour 5 minutes agoReuters - Food distributor Sysco Corp. on
Monday posted a 16 percent increase in quarterly profit, helped
by intensive efforts to boost sales and cost-cutting measures,
in its warehouse system. More Info... |
Canon quarterly profit rises 16 percent
(AP) Yahoo Company Earnings | 585 days 2 hours 15 minutes ago AP - Canon Inc. reported a 16 percent jump in quarterly profit and record annual earnings for the seventh straight year amid strong sales of its digital cameras, copiers and printers.
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For stocks, earnings may trump Fed and jobs
(Reuters) Yahoo Company Earnings | 587 days 1 hour 13 minutes ago Reuters - Earnings reports from hundreds of U.S.
companies, including some of the biggest such as Boeing Co.
and Procter & Gamble Co. , are likely to drive
stock investors' decisions next week, barring any surprises
from a mid-week Federal Reserve meeting or Friday's data on
January jobs.
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Study says skin tone affects earnings
(AP) Yahoo Company Earnings | 587 days 7 hours 17 minutes ago AP - Light-skinned immigrants in the United States make more money on average than those with darker complexions, and the chief reason appears to be discrimination, a researcher says.
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AirTran posts 4Q loss
(AP) Yahoo Company Earnings | 587 days 14 hours 41 minutes agoAP - AirTran Holdings Inc., which operates low-fare air carrier AirTran Airways and is bidding for the parent of Midwest Airlines, said Friday it swung to a loss of $3.3 million in the fourth quarter. More Info... |
Halliburton 4Q profit declines 40 pct
(AP) Yahoo Company Earnings | 587 days 15 hours 8 minutes agoAP - Oil industry services provider Halliburton Co. was upbeat Friday despite a 40 percent decline in fourth-quarter profit, citing heavy demand for its oilfield equipment and personnel and predicting more of the same for 2007. More Info... |
Caterpillar 4Q profit rises
(AP) Yahoo Company Earnings | 587 days 15 hours 10 minutes agoAP - Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. said Friday that higher operating costs trimmed fourth-quarter profit growth to 4 percent, but predicted strong results for 2007 despite an expected slowdown in U.S. machine and engine sales. More Info... |
Corporate earnings head into midpoint
(AP) Yahoo Company Earnings | 587 days 15 hours 44 minutes agoAP - All streaks must come to an end. Investors accustomed to double-digit earnings growth should prepare for more earthbound numbers as Wall Street heads into the midpoint of the fourth-quarter reporting season. More Info... |
Fortune Brands outlook misses view
(Reuters) Yahoo Company Earnings | 587 days 19 hours 24 minutes agoReuters - Fortune Brands Inc. , which
sells a large variety of home fixtures, said on Friday that
first-quarter earnings may be down about 20 percent due to the
slowing housing market and higher costs for commodities such as
copper and zinc. More Info... |
Honeywell profit up; shares slide on view
(Reuters) Yahoo Company Earnings | 587 days 21 hours 27 minutes ago Reuters - Diversified manufacturer Honeywell
International Inc. reported an almost 14 percent rise
in profit on Friday, but its shares declined after it forecast
first-quarter earnings below expectations.
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