Quarterly Earnings

Toyota's Bold Predicition

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.09.2012

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TOKYO -- Toyota's quarterly profit more than quadrupled to 121 billion yen ($1.5 billion), and the automaker gave upbeat forecasts as it recovers from...

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Oil Spill Still Weighing On BP

Reuters | Posted 05.02.2012

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* Q1 replacement cost net ex one-offs $4.80 bln vs f'cast $5.10 bln * To sell 50,000 bbls/day output in Gulf of Mexico ...

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Automaker Nets Big Profit

Reuters | Posted 04.27.2012

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* Fiat earnings aided by strong Chrysler performance * Chrysler maintains 2012 guidance of $1.5 bln profit * To begin sa...

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Wells Fargo's Profits Rise As It Set Aside Less Money For Bad Loans

Reuters | Posted 04.14.2012

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* Wells Fargo reports higher Q1 profit * Q1 EPS 75 vs. 67 cents a year earlier * Results helped by mortgage results ...

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Major Retailer To Launch New Line Of Stores

Reuters | Posted 05.28.2012

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* Pretax profit 3.7 bln crowns vs forecast 4.2 bln * March 1-27 sales up 22 percent * To open new line of stores next ye...

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Major Retailer CEO: $2.4 Billion Loss 'Unacceptable'

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AND MAE ANDERSON | Posted 04.24.2012

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NEW YORK — Sears said Thursday that it's unloading some of its profit-busting stores, but the retailer fell short of revealing how it plans to w...

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Bailed Out Automaker Turns Record Profit

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 04.17.2012

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DETROIT — Just two years after it was rescued and reconstituted through bankruptcy and a government bailout, General Motors Co. cruised through ...

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Toyota Sees Big Profit Boost

Reuters | Posted 04.07.2012

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TOKYO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp reported on Tuesday a forecast-beating 51 percent rise in quarterly operating profit, defying the impact...

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Drug Giant's Profit Plunges After Introduction of Generic Lipitor

AP | LINDA A. JOHNSON | Posted 04.01.2012

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Pfizer Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit fell by half because it sold less Lipitor, the cholesterol fighter that's the biggest drug ever to go off patent, ...

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After Loss Last Year, BofA Took Home $2 Billion In Profit

AP | PALLAVI GOGOI | Posted 03.20.2012

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NEW YORK — Bank of America is back to basics – slimmed down, stripped of its swagger and no longer the biggest bank in the country. And in...

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Maker Of Miller Lite Sees Boost From Sales In Africa, Latin America

Reuters | Posted 03.20.2012

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* Latin America and Africa lead beer volume rises * Europe and North America remain weak, Foster's down * Underlying tot...

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Big Bank Sees Profit Drop On Lower Investment Banking Income

AP | PALLAVI GOGOI | Posted 03.18.2012

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NEW YORK — Citigroup has a world of problems. The bank is proud of its global reach – 1,400 branches in 46 countries. But in Asia, the ec...

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Wells Fargo Sees Profit Boost, As Bank Set Aside Less To Cover Bad Loans

Reuters | Posted 03.18.2012

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* Q4 EPS 73 cents per share vs. 61 cents a year ago * Bank set aside less money for bad loans * Wells posts 2 percent co...

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Housing Bust Continues To Haunt Big Banks

AP | By PALLAVI GOGOI | Posted 01.14.2012

NEW YORK -- The economy may be healing, but banks are suffering from a housing hangover. JPMorgan Chase spent $3.2 billion last year to fight lawsuit...

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Big Bank's Profit Plunged Last Quarter

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Hallman | Posted 03.14.2012

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NEW YORK -- Wall Street earnings season kicked off Friday with JPMorgan Chase & Co. reporting its financials after a year in which the biggest consume...

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I "Like" Facebook's IPO -- If It's Committed to the Long Term

Judith Samuelson | Posted 02.21.2012

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This is a big moment. Facebook and its peers have changed the way we communicate. I hope Zuckerberg and his team think deeply about the conditions for their long-term success.

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After Loss In Book Sales, Huge Bookseller Plans To Invest More In Digital

AP | By MAE ANDERSON | Posted 12.01.2011

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NEW YORK -- Barnes & Noble Inc. said Thursday it plans to invest more heavily in its Nook e-book reader and digital media, even as it reported a third...

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FDIC: Banks Take Home Most Money In Four Years

AP | DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 01.22.2012

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WASHINGTON — Bank earnings rose over the summer to their highest level in more than four years, while the number of troubled banks fell for the ...

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Walmart's Gain Indicate U.S. Economy May Be Headed For Rebound

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 01.15.2012

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NEW YORK — Wal-Mart got an early Christmas gift: Its strategy of offering the lowest prices and shoppers' favorite goods is starting to bear fru...

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Drug Giant Beats Profit, Sales Forecasts

Posted 01.01.2012

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Pfizer Inc reported better-than-expected quarterly results, helped by sales growth of its prescription drugs in emerging markets and its animal he...

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Shell Profits Double, As Oil Giant Rakes In Billions

AP | By TOBY STERLING | Posted 12.27.2011

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AMSTERDAM -- Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Europe's largest oil company, says profits doubled to nearly $7 billion in the third quarter because of higher oil...

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After Rogue Trader, UBS Profit Plunges

AP | By JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 12.25.2011

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GENEVA -- Scandal-hit Swiss bank UBS AG reported Tuesday a 39 percent drop in third-quarter profit, slightly less than feared, due to a rogue trading ...

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Morgan Stanley Nets Billions In Profit, After Loss Last Year

Posted 12.19.2011

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Morgan Stanley swung to a $2.15 billion profit in the third quarter, helped by a large accounting gain, even as core revenue in trading, banking a...

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Goldman Sachs Loses $428 Million In Its Second Quarterly Loss Ever

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 12.18.2011

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Goldman Sachs posted its second quarterly loss as a public company on Tuesday, according to Bloomberg News, in the latest indication that Wall Street ...

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Bank Of America Nets $6.2 Billion Profit

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 12.18.2011

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Bank of America earned billions of dollars in profits last quarter, even as banking officials expressed concern recently about the effects of new regu...

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