Black & Decker posts lower quarterly profit
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Tool maker Black & Decker Corp  said on Thursday quarterly profit fell due to the weak U.S. housing market and higher commodity prices.
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EMC Corp. , the world&#039;s largest  maker of corporate data-storage equipment, on Friday reported  lower quarterly profit after supplies of a key new product  failed to keep up with demand.
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Electrolux AB, the world&#39;s biggest maker of household appliances, said second-half profit will be less than forecast as costs for materials including steel surge.
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Black & Decker slashed its fourth-quarter profit outlook on Friday, citing worse-than-expected conditions in North America and a one-time charge.
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Black & Decker Corp  and Stanley Works  on Monday gave dim forecasts for 2008 as a slowdown in the U.S. housing market has stifled demand for building equipment, sending both tool makers' shares lower.
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Texas Instruments Inc  reported lower quarterly profit and revenue on Monday as weak demand for calculators outweighed improving sales of advanced phones that use its wireless chips.
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Altria Group Inc  posted lower quarterly profit on Wednesday due to the spinoff last year of Kraft Foods Inc , and set March 28 as the date for its planned spinoff of Philip Morris International.
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DuPont Co. DD.N, the No. 2 U.S.  chemical maker, on Tuesday posted a lower quarterly profit  after a large tax gain a year earlier and forecast earnings  growth in 2005.
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Barnes & Noble Inc. BKS.N, the  leading U.S. bookseller, on Monday said quarterly profit fell  due to higher expenses and soft demand for titles in its  bestseller category.
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The Clorox Company, the consumer products maker, posted a lower quarterly profit on Monday, hurt by rising costs for raw materials but helped by a lower tax rate.
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Black & Decker forecast earnings of $1.10 to $1.20 a share for the first quarter, while some analysts were expecting $1.40.
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The power company said fourth-quarter profit fell to $271 million, hurt by discontinued operations and higher plant maintenance costs.
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Tool maker Black & Decker Corp  said on Thursday quarterly profit fell due to the weak U.S. housing market and higher commodity prices, but weakness in the dollar boosted overseas sales.
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Kroger Co. , the largest U.S. grocer, on Tuesday reported a lower quarterly profit, hurt by debt costs even as sales rebounded in Southern California where it was hit by a strike.
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Profit at PG&amp;E Corp. fell 55.3 percent in the most recent quarter, a drop the company blamed Tuesday on a lingering effect of California&#39;s energy crisis.
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Tool maker Black & Decker Corp  reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings on Thursday as sales growth helped offset higher commodity prices, sending its shares up 8 percent.
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Illinois Tool Works Inc.  cut its quarterly profit outlook on Friday, becoming the latest manufacturer to warn of the effects of a slowing U.S. economy.