Brisk sales buoy Bombardier profit
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Higher shipments of business jets  helped buoy quarterly profit at plane and train maker  Bombardier Inc. (BBDb.TO), but regional jet deliveries sagged  sharply, the company said on Wednesday.
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Hewlett-Packard (HP) has reported better than expected quarterly results helped by strong international sales.
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SABMiller PLC, the world's second-largest brewer by volume, said Thursday that strong sales helped net profit more than double in the first half of the fiscal year.
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The world's top air-express shipper said earnings soared on strong revenue growth in its international, ground and freight services.
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Goodrich Corp.  on Monday said quarterly profit rose 61 percent, as the recovery in commercial aerospace helped boost sales of its brakes and landing gear to Boeing Co.  and Airbus .
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Second-quarter profit fell by two-thirds at plane and train maker Bombardier Inc. (BBDb.TO) as its regional aircraft business lagged a rebound in the business jet market, the company said on Wednesday.
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Deere & Co. , the world's largest maker of agricultural and building equipment, reported higher quarterly profit on Wednesday as strong sales to farmers and foresters more than offset a decline in sales to builders.
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Caterpillar Inc. CAT.N said on  Thursday quarterly earnings more than doubled on continued  strong demand for its heavy equipment.
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Nordstrom reported a strong second-quarter profit as it continued to select more relevant inventory and sell more items at full price.
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Slow sales hit a margin-boosting afterburner.
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The appliance maker's fourth-quarter profit soars on international sales.
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Molson Coors Brewing Co.   on Thursday reported that quarterly profit quadrupled, trouncing expectations, on higher pricing and volume growth, sending its shares up as much as 6.6 percent.
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The company cited strong sales across all regions and improved cost controls.
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General Electric, driven by strong demand for jet engines and electric turbines, posted a 4 percent rise in net profit, meeting Wall Street expectations.
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Second-quarter profit fell by  two-thirds at plane and train maker Bombardier Inc. BBDb.TO  as its regional aircraft business lagged a rebound in the  business jet market, the company said on Wednesday.
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German retail and distribution giant Metro said that the strong performance of its overseas activities enabled it to lift earnings in the third quarter despite weak consumer demand in its home market of Germany.
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Boeing Co  said on Wednesday fourth-quarter profit rose, helped by strong sales of its commercial aircraft.