Costco Disappoints on Profit, Stock Falls
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Costco Wholesale Corp. COST.O, the  largest U.S. warehouse club, on Thursday posted a 21 percent  rise in quarterly profit but its shares fell after it failed to  beat expectations.
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Costco Wholesale Corp. , the  largest U.S. warehouse club operator, on Wednesday posted  lower-than-expected quarterly profit, hurt by higher taxes and  soaring oil prices that pressured margins at its gas stations.
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Costco Wholesale Corp. COST.O on   Wednesday warned of lower-than-expected quarterly profit   because of disappointing margins, as customers cut back on   purchases of big-ticket discretionary items such as furniture,   sending shares down nearly 5 percent.
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Yum Brands Inc, operator of the KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut chains beat Wall Street's profit target on Monday, but its shares fell 2.3 percent after its boosted 2008 earnings per share forecast just missed analysts' target.
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Fourth-quarter profits fell at Texas Instruments Inc., although the big maker of chips for cell phones beat Wall Street's expectations.
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Shares of Amazon.com Inc. fell 9 percent Friday after the online retailer reported third-quarter profits that tripled, but fell short of Wall Street estimates.
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Stocks fell on Tuesday as disappointing results from Home Depot Inc.  overshadowed stronger-than-expected profit at Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  and several major takeover announcements.
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American Eagle Outfitters Inc.  posted quarterly profit that met expectations but its outlook failed to impress investors, who sent the shares down more than 3 percent.
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Amazon.com Inc posted a decline in profit margins on Wednesday as the impact of its discounting overshadowed quarterly earnings and a sales forecast that topped Wall Street targets.
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Sears Holdings Corp. posted its lowest profit in nearly two years Thursday after another round of weak sales at Kmart and Sears stores sent the retailer's net income tumbling 40 percent.
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The home-furnishings retailer reports lower earnings but beats expectations.
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Stocks dropped yesterday as Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever cut profit forecasts, fueling concern that earnings growth is slowing at a time when borrowing costs are headed higher.
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Kroger Co., the top U.S. grocer, on  Tuesday posted a 29 percent rise in quarterly profit due to  cost controls, but price cuts to lure shoppers caused earnings  to miss Wall Street estimates and shares fell.
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Blue-chip stocks fell on Wednesday after weaker-than-expected durable goods data added to uneasiness about the outlook for corporate profits.
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Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday posted a higher quarterly profit but its stock fell more than 4 percent as the online retailer&#39;s results failed to top Wall Street expectations.
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U.S. stocks were lower on Wednesday  after a profit warning from Coca-Cola Co. KO.N renewed  investors' doubts about earnings growth in the second half of  the year.
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Amazon.com Inc posted a decline in  profit margins on Wednesday as the impact of its discounting  overshadowed quarterly earnings and a sales forecast that  topped Wall Street targets.