ConAgra Profit Falls
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ConAgra Foods Inc. CAG.N on Wednesday  posted lower quarterly profits due to higher ingredient costs  and the sale of its chicken and agricultural products  businesses.
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Costco Wholesale Corp. , which sells discounted goods to 47 million members, lowered its profit forecast after it cut prices on electronics. Shares fell 4.2 percent, the most in 16 months.
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Puma AG, the maker of athletic shoes, shirts and other sporting goods, said Monday its fourth-quarter profit fell 26 percent as it tries to broaden its product base and expand into new regions.
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Del Monte Foods Co.  reported a 5.4 percent decline in third-quarter profit on Thursday, hurt by rising ingredient costs and weak consumer demand for its branded food products.
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Belo Corp. BLC.N said on Friday that  quarterly profit fell 64 percent, weighed down by costs  connected to a recent scandal involving inflated circulation  data at its Dallas Morning News newspaper.
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Higher ingredient prices and restructuring costs pushed General Mills&#39; first-quarter earnings down 19 percent, the cereal giant reported Tuesday.
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Sears reported profit that trailed analystsâ estimates while earnings at Costco Wholesale fell 4.9 percent on the cost of a new return policy.
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US packaged food manufacturer ConAgra Foods has reported a 10.3% fall in second-quarter earnings due to the divestment of its meat processing activities, but earnings from continuing operations rose.
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Discount retailer Dollar General Corp.   DG.N on Thursday posted a 40 percent drop in quarterly profit   on weakening demand for higher-margin products and withdrew its   earnings forecast for the rest of the year.
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ConAgra Foods Inc. CAG.N on Tuesday  said private equity firm Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Inc.  exercised its option to buy the company's minority stake in  Swift Foods, and that ConAgra received $194 million in the  transaction.
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Food company General Mills Inc.   on Thursday posted sharply lower quarterly profit,  pressured by higher costs, increased marketing spending and  restructuring charges.
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SPRINGDALE, Ark. - Tyson Foods Inc. reduced its forecast of annual profit yesterday because of higher costs for feed grain and a drop in beef and chicken prices.
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The Coca-Cola Company said yesterday that profit fell 22 percent after its largest bottler wrote down the value of its North American unit on reduced soda sales and higher raw material costs.
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Kraft Foods Inc. KFT.N on Tuesday  posted a 28 percent drop in quarterly profit, weighed down by  restructuring and higher costs for commodities like cheese and  coffee.
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Discount retailer Dollar General Corp.   DG.N on Thursday posted lower quarterly profit, hurt by weak   gross profit margins and a disappointing start to the   back-to-school shopping season.
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The worldÂs No. 1 maker of sport shoes said profit fell as stock-based compensation weighed on results.
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Fourth-quarter profit fell 8 percent on declining advertising sales at the companyâs newspapers and television stations.