Outlook roundup: Colonial Properties, TradeStation

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Apartment real estate investment trust Colonial Properties Trust on Thursday reiterated its full-year guidance for funds for operations, but reduced its development spending expectations amid the economic slowdown.

NEW YORK (AP) TradeStation Group Inc. cut its profit target for the year on Thursday after the brokerage reported a 1 percent gain in first-quarter profit.

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. (AP) Technology consulting company Ciber Inc. said Thursday it expects its second-quarter profit to broadly match Wall Street expectations.

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Insight Enterprises Inc., a computer hardware and software distributor, said Thursday it expects first-quarter profit to be below expectations because of a weak North American market.

ST. LOUIS (AP) Belden Inc. cut the top end of its 2008 profit forecast as its North America business slows, the electronic components maker said Thursday.

ANGLETON, Texas (AP) Electronics manufacturer Benchmark Electronics Inc. on Thursday forecast second-quarter sales below Wall Street expectations, after first-quarter revenue missed estimates amid slowing demand in several industries.