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AP - 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...  

Reuters - 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...  

BusinessWeek 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...  

Reuters - 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...  

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.

AP - Wall Street, often chided as an avenue of excess, might finally get its fill in the coming week.

Earnings News

AP - Wall Street, often chided as an avenue of excess, might finally get its fill in the coming week.

Reuters - China Southern Airlines (600029.SS)(1055.HK), the country's largest carrier by fleet size, said on Sunday that it had returned to the black last year. More Info...  

Earnings News

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.

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.

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.

Investor's Business Daily - Earnings season picked up steam last week after starting out sluggishly. But gloomy guidance remains a problem. More Info...  

Earnings News AP - 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...  

AP - 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...  

AP - 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...  

AP - 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...  

AFP - Wall Street shares ended mixed as traders cited lingering concerns about lackluster fourth-quarter earnings and US interest rates.

AP - 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...  

Reuters - 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...  

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.