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Humana Reports a 57% Increase in Profit
Feb 04, 8:15 AM EST |
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| Net income for the fourth quarter increased to $243.2 million, or $1.43 a share, from $155 million, or 92 cents a share, a year ago. |
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| For the fiscal year, Humana’s net income rose 71% from a year ago, to nearly $833.7 million. Quarterly revenue increased 12% to $6.34 billion, while annual revenue jumped 18% to $25.3 billion. Pretax earnings in the company’s government segment amounted to $304.6 million compared with $187.3 million a year ago. Medicare Advantage premiums climbed 22%, to $2.8 billion. |
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Mitsubishi Estate Nine-Month Profit Drops 13%
Feb 05, 2:45 PM EST |
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| Net profit for the latest quarter was 43.5 billion yen, down from 50.1 billion yen a year ago. |
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| Quarterly operating profit dropped 16.6% to 92.2 billion yen. Revenue declined by 20.5% to 485 billion yen after the sale of the company’s real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield. The performance of the company’s core building management business continued to improve, thanks to the higher land prices in Japan. The company sees fiscal 2008 net profit at 85 billion yen, operating profit of 169.5 billion yen and revenue of 789 billion yen. |
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BP Net Profit Jumps 53% on New Oil Operations
Feb 05, 2:04 PM EST |
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| Net profit rose to $4.4 billion, from $2.88 billion a year ago, while revenue including asset disposals rose to $81.5 billion from $62.8 billion. |
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| BP reported a 53% jump in quarterly net profit Tuesday thanks to the rising oil prices, but full-year profit declined hurt by the climbing expenses and refining outages. Full year net profit fell 5.5% to $20.8 billion, while revenue added 6.2% to $291.4 billion. The management confirmed the plans to cut 5,000 jobs by the middle of next year. |
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Church & Dwight Earnings Up on 10% Higher Sales
Feb 05, 1:31 PM EST |
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| Fourth-quarter profit increased to $31.7 million, or 46 cents a share, from $23.9 million, or 36 cents a share a year ago. |
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| The personal-care products maker attributed the quarterly profit growth as sales of pregnancy tests and condoms increased. Quarterly sales climbed 10% to $579.7 million. Organic sales, which exclude the impact of foreign exchange, increased by approximately 9% for the quarter. Full-year 2007 sales rose 14% to $2,220.9 million, while organic sales growth for the fiscal year was 5%. |
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Whirlpool Profit Rises 72% on Overseas Sales
Feb 05, 12:56 PM EST |
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| Whirlpool jumped $7.60 or 9.3% to $89.15 after it reported better than expected fourth quarter earnings. |
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| Fourth-quarter profit growth beat analysts’ views thanks to improved overseas sales and decreasing costs. The washers and dryers maker added that net income in the latest quarter increased 72% from a year ago to $187 million, or $2.38 a share. Sales rose 7.5% to $5.33 billion. Whirlpool said 2008 profit may increase to $8.50 to $9 a share on reduced expenses and higher prices. Whirlpool warned that North American industry sales may decline 3% to 5% this fiscal year. |
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Emerging Markets Lift Toyota’s Profit 7.5%
Feb 05, 12:35 PM EST |
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| Quarterly profit rose 7.5% buoyed by strong sales in North America, Asia, Latin America and Africa. |
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| Despite the increase in quarterly profit the company issued a cautious outlook due to the US economy concerns and the stronger yen. Net income rose to 458 billion yen vs. 426 billion yen a year ago. Net revenue added 9.2% to 6.7 trillion yen on strong vehicle sales in Japan and in overseas markets, especially in North America and in Asia. |
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News Corp. Boosts 2008 Earnings Outlook
Feb 05, 9:42 AM EST |
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| Second quarter net profit was $832 million, up from $822 million a year ago. |
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| NEWS Corporation reported a first half net profit of $1.56 billion versus $1.67 billion a year ago thanks to growth in the media group''s cable network performance. Operating income in the first six months of the fiscal year increased to $2.465 billion from $1.995 billion a year ago. For the second quarter, operating income rose 24% to $1.4 billion after revenue climbed by 10%. Fiscal 2008 operating income is expected to grow in the mid-teens range. |
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National Telegraph and Telephone Profit Rises 6%
Feb 04, 2:16 PM EST |
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| Quarterly profit rose 6% from a year ago buoyed by strong performance of the data communication business. |
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| National Telegraph and Telephone added than net income for the latest quarter rose 6% to 125.7 billion yen from 118.6 billion yen a year ago. Operating revenue profit climbed 13% to 310.4 billion yen on a 0.9% increase in sales to 2.66 trillion yen. Subscribers in the fixed line phone business declined 8.5% to 40.6 million customers for the latest three months. |
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Honda Profit Up 38%, Sales Rises 10%
Feb 04, 6:15 PM EST |
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| Quarterly profit rose 38% leveraged by record sales of automobiles and motorcycles and financial services in North America, Europe and Asia. |
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| The Japanese automaker said that its net income rose to 200 billion yen compared to 144.8 billion yen a year earlier. Sales and operating revenue increased 10% to 3.044 trillion yen. Honda recorded a 14.8% decline in sales of Power products from a year ago to 1.178 million units. The company declared a third quarter dividend of 22 yen per share and added that dividend for the fiscal year is expected to be at 86 yen per share. |
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Yahoo! Japan Profit Rises 31.5%
Feb 04, 7:56 AM EST |
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| Quarterly profit rose 31.5% on the back of robust sales in Display advertising and firm growth of Prime Display after aggressive marketing in October. |
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| During the latest quarter the performance of Yahoo Japan Corp. showed considerable improvement with net income rising to 17.1 billion yen from 15.1 billion yen a year ago. Net sales in the quarter jumped 14.8% to 70 billion yen, while income from Display Advertising and Prime Display, including the Yahoo! Real Estate continued to grow. Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions increased the number of merchants registered with Yahoo! by 20.6% to 30, 223. |
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