Among the earnings stories for Friday, May 9, from AP Financial News:
HOUSTON (AP) -National restaurant, hotel and casino company Landry's Restaurants Inc. said Friday its first-quarter profit dropped 93 percent, hurt by an increase in interest expense and a loss from discontinued operations.
VAN NUYS, Calif. (AP) -Aluminum wheel supplier Superior Industries International Inc. said Friday its first-quarter profit rose 55 percent as lower expenses offset weaker sales.
NEW YORK (AP) -Shares of railroad car maker FreightCar America Inc. jumped Friday after a Jefferies & Co. analyst upgraded the stock and said the company's business will recover after reaching a low point in the first quarter.
NEW YORK (AP) -Drug maker Warner Chilcott Ltd. said Friday it swung to a first-quarter profit on a mix of lower costs and higher sales of several key drugs, including the contraceptive Loestrin 24 FE and plaque psoriasis medication Taclonex.
RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) -Central Vermont Public Service Corp. said Friday that first-quarter earnings grew nearly 4 percent as the electric utility's resale revenue offset a slight decline in retail revenue.

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