Corporate Earnings

Fortune 500 Companies Made Record $824 Billion Profit In 2011

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 05.08.2012

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Poverty is rampant. Hunger is widespread. But don't worry about America's largest corporations -- they're doing just fine. Fortune released its ann...

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More Bad News For Walmart De Mexico

Reuters | Posted 04.24.2012

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* Q1 profit 4.712 bln pesos vs 4.502 bln pesos year earlier * Revenue up 14 pct * Executives discuss recognition, not br...

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Best Rally In A Month

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 04.12.2012

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The U.S. stock market has shaken off its worst plunge in months by having a crazy two-day rally, fueled mainly by wishful thinking. The Dow Jones I...

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Companies Feel Your Pain, Sort Of

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 04.09.2012

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Though you cannot roll each one of them up and smoke them, you still need to know seven and a half things each day, and here they are: Thing One: S...

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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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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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U.S. Dollar Hits Three-Year Low Against Other Currencies

Posted 06.21.2011

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LONDON (Jessica Mortimer) - The dollar hit a three-year low against a basket of currencies on Thursday as strong corporate earnings buoyed risk ap...

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Global Stocks Hit Highest Level In Nearly Three Years

Posted 06.21.2011

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(Emelia Sithole-Matarise) - World equities jumped to their highest level in nearly 33 months on Thursday while the dollar hit a three-year low as ...

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Investors Biggest Worry: The End Of Fed's Cheap Money Era

Posted 06.08.2011

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CHICAGO (By Doris Frankel) - The end of super-cheap money from the Federal Reserve is trumping corporate earnings results as a key risk to hedge f...

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Dow Bull

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 05.25.2011

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The following are first quarter 2010 estimates of earnings per share (EPS) for the thirty companies that make up Dow Jones Industrial Average.

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Don't Confuse Corporate Earnings With A Recovery

wsj.com | ZACHARY KARABELL | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite grim predictions, most major U.S. companies have reported positive earnings for the second quarter of 2009. Given how wrong past predictions h...

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Corporate Earnings Provide Good Lesson On Budgeting

Charlie Farrell | Posted 11.17.2011

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Charlie Farrell

Companies have slashed their expenses to become lean and mean. You should be doing the same in your own household.

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Sirius Sweetens Earning Report To Obscure Losses

Crain's New York Business | Aaron Elstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The economy is a mess, and profits are under extreme pressure. Now comes the furious corporate spin to cast ugly results in the best possible light. A...

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