Outlook roundup: AO Smith, Entergy

MILWAUKEE (AP)--A.O. Smith Corp. on Thursday raised and narrowed its full-year forecast as profit margins remained strong in the first half of the year, but said it likely won't meet last year's third-quarter record profit because of rising costs.

NEW ORLEANS (AP)--Entergy Corp. said Thursday it expects to its per-share second-quarter profit to increase because of sales growth, higher production at its nuclear unit and a lower share count.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP)--Home health care company Amedisys Inc. on Thursday raised its expectation for profit and revenue for 2008.