(AP) - Among the earnings stories for Thursday, Oct. 25, from AP Financial
News:
Top stories:
ATLANTA (AP) -- Consumer products maker Newell Rubbermaid Inc. reported
Thursday a 56.9 percent increase in third-quarter profit on a solid rise in
sales.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Aetna Inc. on Thursday reported a 4 percent increase
in earnings in the third quarter on cost cuts and rising medical membership,
prompting the company to boost profit forecasts.
Other stories:
NEW YORK (AP) -- Estee Lauder Co. on Thursday said first-quarter net income
fell 33 percent on weak results in the Americas and increased spending ahead of
the key holiday season.
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Consol Energy Inc., one of the nation's largest coal
miners, said Thursday it swung to a third-quarter loss, impacted by a roof
collapse and temporary shutdown at its Buchanan Mine near Mavisdale, Va.
OAKDALE, Minn. (AP) -- Data storage products maker Imation Corp. said
Thursday its third-quarter profit tumbled, hurt by losses and an inventory
write-down related to its USB flash products, and a restructuring charge.
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) -- Investment banking firm Friedman, Billings, Ramsey
Group Inc. said Thursday its third-quarter losses widened due to the weakening
of the mortgage market.
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (AP) -- West Marine Inc., a recreational boating supply
retailer, said Thursday its preliminary third-quarter profit soared 83 percent
in part on lower costs and improved merchandise assortments.
ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) -- ABB posted an 86 percent increase in
third-quarter earnings Thursday as the Swiss power and engineering company
increased electrical power capacity worldwide.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Drug developer Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said Thursday its
third-quarter profit more than doubled on a surge in sales of its blood thinner
Plavix, and raised its outlook for adjusted 2007 earnings.
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