Clear Channel Communications posts lower profit
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Clear Channel Communications Inc.  , which has agreed to be acquired by two private equity  firms and the company's founding Mays family, on Friday posted  a lower profit from a year ago, before it spun off its  entertainment unit.
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Toll Brothers Inc.  on Thursday said the weak U.S. housing market drove down its quarterly profit by 67 percent after write-downs for lower land values, and the luxury home builder lowered its forecast.
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Clear Channel Communications Inc.  CCU.N, the largest U.S. radio station chain, on Friday posted  higher operating earnings although radio advertising revenue  slipped on weak sales to its automotive and telecommunications  customers.
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., Japan's top telecommunications company, reported a 21.8 percent drop in profit for the April-December period Monday due to declines in voice and fixed-line operations.
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EarthLink Inc. on Thursday posted a higher third-quarter profit, helped by subscriber growth, but it forecast revenue below analysts' consensus target for the current quarter, which dragged down shares 9 percent.
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The newspaper publisher and television station operator said fourth-quarter profit dropped 70 percent, hurt by a write-down and less political advertising revenue.
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The home-furnishings retailer reports lower earnings but beats expectations.
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The countryâs largest newspaper publisher said Friday that its fourth-quarter profit dropped because of a decline in broadcasting revenue and weak newspaper ad sales.
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DuPont Co. , 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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Company reports a decline in its router business during its quarterly earnings, which barely met analyst expectations.
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Clear Channel Communications Inc.  CCU.N, the top U.S. radio conglomerate, on Friday posted a  quarterly profit but said radio advertising continued to  suffer.
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Best Buy Co. Inc.  reported lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday as the consumer electronics retailer slashed prices on flat-panel TVs to boost sales at the start of the holiday shopping season.
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Telecom equipment maker Ericsson  (ERICb.ST) reported on Friday lower-than-expected operating  profit of 7.6 billion Swedish crowns ($1.20 billion) in the  fourth quarter and announced major cost cuts.
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Swedish telecoms equipment maker  Ericsson reported a lower-than-expected fourth-quarter gross  profit margin on Thursday as the rollout of more mobile  networks added to costs, sending its shares down despite strong  orders.
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Interpublic posted slightly lower quarterly revenue but swung to a profit as expenses fell and public relations clients increased spending.
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Time Warner Inc., the world&#39;s largest media company, said third-quarter profit fell 7.8 percent after it set aside $500 million to resolve government investigations into its accounting practices at America Online.
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Embarq Corporation, the wireline spinoff from Sprint Nextel, posted a lower quarterly profit on Thursday as it lost phone line customers.