(AP) - Among the earnings stories for Tuesday, April 8, from AP Financial
News:
Top stories:
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Alcoa Inc. unofficially opened the first-quarter earnings
season by reporting profits sank by more than half as higher costs and a
swooning U.S. dollar weighed down results, but executives said the company's
future is bright.
Other stories:
PARIS (AP) -- English Channel tunnel operator Groupe Eurotunnel SA on
Tuesday reported profits of $1.57 million for 2007, its first annual net profit,
less than a year after the company nearly drowned in debt.
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Frisch's Restaurants Inc., parent of the Frisch's Big Boy
chain, said Tuesday fiscal third-quarter profit rose 8 percent as sales edged
up, but traffic fell amid a difficult economy.
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