International Business News - profit http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Among the sector activity stories for Friday, June 13, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--Shares of for-profit education companies advanced Friday after an analyst upgraded shares of Apollo Group Inc. following the company's decision to raise prices at its University of Phoenix. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080613/sector-roundup-for-profit-ed-video-game-cos.htm Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:37:51 EDT ADC Telecommunications said late Wednesday its fiscal second-quarter profit declined, citing a surge in expenses but offered a rosier outlook for the year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/adc-telecommunications-profit-earnings.htm Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:33:05 EDT Women's apparel retailer Talbots Inc posted higher-than-expected quarterly operating profit on Wednesday and reiterated its full-year earnings forecast, causing the shares to rise. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080521/talbots-earnings-forecast-profit-quarter.htm Wed, 21 May 2008 12:32:15 EDT Staples Inc., the world's largest office-supplies retailer, posted record first-quarter sales of $4.9 billion on Tuesday and stood by its 2008 outlook, despite its warning of continued economic weakness throughout the year. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/50302-staples.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080520/staples-earnings-quarter-profit-revenue-office-supplies.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080520/staples-earnings-quarter-profit-revenue-office-supplies.htm Tue, 20 May 2008 11:44:59 EDT Shares of Advance Auto Parts Inc. rose on Friday as the company reported a better than forecasted profit for the first quarter. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/advanced-auto-parts-shares-earnings-profit.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 18:04:12 EDT Graphic chip-maker Nvidia Corp. on Thursday reported a 34 percent jump in first-quarter profit, boosted by stronger sales of its graphics processors, but shares fell as earnings still missed expectations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080508/nvidia-earnings-quarter-profit.htm Thu, 08 May 2008 21:27:33 EDT MetLife Inc, the largest life insurer in the United States by assets, reported a 37 percent decline in first-quarter net income on Thursday, hurt by investment losses amid the economy's credit crunch. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/metlife-earnings-quarter-profit-investments.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 18:39:05 EDT Comcast Corp. reported better-than-expected results on Thursday, citing stronger growth in its digital cable and high-speed Internet services. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/comcast-earnings-broadband-profit.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 17:23:27 EDT Exxon Mobil, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, on Thursday posted a $10.89 billion first-quarter profit, boosted by surging oil prices. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/43267-exxon.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/exxon-earnings-profit-conocophillips.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/exxon-earnings-profit-conocophillips.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 12:28:57 EDT Jeffrey Bewkes, the chief executive of Time Warner Inc., announced plans on Wednesday to downsize what has for years been the world's largest media company by separating the cable-systems unit from the film and television businesses. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/43031-time-warner-center.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080430/time-warner-earnings-cable-profit.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080430/time-warner-earnings-cable-profit.htm Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:54:37 EDT Mastercard Inc., the world's second largest credit-card company, said its earnings more than doubled in the first three months of 2008 on higher use outside the US, helping the company to surpass its larger rival Visa Inc. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/42883-mastercard.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080429/mastercard-earnings-earn-visa-profit.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080429/mastercard-earnings-earn-visa-profit.htm Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:13:09 EDT Japanese electronics maker Toshiba said Friday its net profit plummeted a staggering 95 percent in the January-March quarter due to losses related to its exit from the next-generation video HD DVD business. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080425/toshiba-profit-industr-technology.htm Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:22:24 EDT Mazda reported a 48 percent jump in profit for the January-March period Friday on strong overseas sales, especially in Europe, on its way to a record annual profit for the one bright spot in the Ford family of automakers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080425/mazda-profit.htm Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:18:36 EDT Ford Motor Co. produced a profit of $100 million in the first quarter in a surprise turnaround for the struggling auto giant that has been embroiled in deep losses since 2007. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/41943-ford.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/ford-profit-earnings-earn-jaguar.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/ford-profit-earnings-earn-jaguar.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:56:51 EDT Among the sector activity stories for Wednesday, April 9, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP) Shares of for-profit education companies were mixed on Wednesday, as an analyst weighed in on what eff... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080409/sector-roundup-for-profit-ed-chips.htm Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:20:35 EDT The slowing U.S. economy and surging jet fuel prices have forced an international trade group to lower its outlook on airline profits for the second time in four months, with domestic carriers expected to take the biggest earnings hit. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080401/airline-profit-guidance-lowered-again.htm Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:24:56 EDT Trading in shares of IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG has been halted after the bank disclosed another profit warning and put a temporary stop to sales of its portfolio of investments. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080320/ikb-issues-profit-warning.htm Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:26:09 EDT Trading in shares of IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG was halted Thursday after the bank disclosed another profit warning and put a temporary stop to sales of its portfolio of investments because of market conditions. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080320/german-bank-ikb-issues-profit-warning.htm Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:18:36 EDT Goldman Sachs has reported first-quarter results that easily beat Wall Street projections. The company says it earned $3.23 per share on revenue of $8.33 billion. Analysts had been expecting earnings of $2.58 per share on $7.47 billion in sales, according to Thomson Financial. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080318/goldman-sachs-profit-earnings.htm Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:15:41 EDT Siemens AG issued a profit warning on Monday, saying that weaker-than-expected performance in its major business projects in the current quarter was going to pull its earnings down by approximately euro900 million (US$1.4 billion). http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080316/siemens-issues-profit-warning.htm Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:50:39 EDT