(AP) - Among the earnings stories for Thursday, Jan. 24, from AP Financial
News:
Top stories:
SEATTLE (AP) -- Alaska Air Group Inc. said Thursday it swung to a
fourth-quarter profit from special gains, though adjusted results reflected a
loss as fares "have not kept pace" with higher fuel costs.
Other stories:
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Union Pacific Corp. said Thursday that revenue growth
and improved efficiency helped the railroad increase its fourth-quarter profit 1
percent even though shipping volume was flat and diesel prices soared.
TOKYO (AP) -- Nintendo's profit for the first nine months of the fiscal year
nearly doubled from the previous year, propelled by booming sales of its hit Wii
game machine, the company said Thursday.
FOSTER CITY, Calif. (AP) -- Applied Biosystems Group, the life-sciences
research equipment arm of Applera Corp., said Thursday profit rose 15 percent in
its fiscal 2008 second quarter, helped by a legal settlement gain and favorable
foreign exchange rates.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- Rockwell Collins Inc., which makes communication
and aviation electronics, said Thursday its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 8
percent on a jump in demand for its aviation products.
MURRYSVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- Respironics Inc., which makes medical devices for
sleep breathing problems, said Thursday that second-quarter profit rose 4
percent, despite merger costs and other one-time items, on sales growth and
operating margin increases.
FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) -- Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc., which makes
microchip manufacturing equipment, said Thursday its fiscal first-quarter
profits jumped on a rise in packaging material sales.
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