Comcast Says Discounts Helped Triple Profit
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Profit increased as customers signed up for Comcastâs discounted video, Internet and phone package, but the results fell short of expectations.
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TORONTO (CP) - Rogers Communications Inc. reported a third-quarter profit of $61.6 million, compared with a loss of $17.4 million a year ago.
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Verizon Communications Inc.&#39;s third-quarter profit held steady at about $1.80 billion as declining revenues from traditional phone services at the nation&#39;s biggest telephone company were offset by another blockbuster quarter for Verizon Wireless, which
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Comcast Corp., the largest U.S. cable  operator, on Wednesday posted a third quarter profit, boosted  by high-speed Internet customer gains that offset slower growth  in basic video subscribers.
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Shares of Comcast Corp. CMCSA.O rose  2 percent before the bell on Wednesday after the largest U.S.  cable operator posted a quarterly profit below Wall Street  estimates but reported better-than-expected gains in high-speed  Internet customers.
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The BellSouth Corporation, the third-largest Bell operating company, said yester that profit dipped 3.6 percent in the third quarter as expenses rose because of this summer's hurricanes and costs at its Cingular Wireless division.
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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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Xerox Corp. on Thursday said  third-quarter profit rose as it cut costs and sales of its  copiers and printers improved.
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Comcast Corp , the largest U.S. cable TV operator, posted on Thursday a 2 percent rise in quarterly profit excluding one-time items but lost more basic video subscribers than analysts had expected.
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The shipping carrier reported third-quarter profit of $1.08 billion, a 3.7 percent increase from the same period a year ago, on a modest rise in sales.
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Comcast Corp , the largest U.S. cable TV operator, on Thursday reported a small rise in profit as it lost basic video subscribers during the third quarter due to stronger competition from rival video services through satellite and telephone operators.
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Verizon Communications Inc  said  on Monday its third quarter profit fell but revenue rose on  growth in its wireless venture and higher high-speed Internet  subscriptions.
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Costco Wholesale Corp., the nation&#039;s biggest warehouse retailer, said Wednesday its third-quarter profit rose 12.3 percent, aided by higher sales and membership fees.
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Despite reporting a loss in the third quarter, Gateway made significant progress in turning its business around as it recorded its first operational profit since 2001.
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Shares of Comcast Corp.  rose 2 percent before the bell on Wednesday after the largest U.S. cable operator posted a quarterly profit below Wall Street estimates but reported better-than-expected gains in high-speed Internet customers.
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Britain's Cable & Wireless posted its first net profit in over 3 years and announced plans to cut 600 jobs and return cash to investors, sending the telecom company's shares racing to 5-month highs on Wednesday.
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Motorola Inc  on Thursday posted a quarterly profit from continuing operations in the third quarter but revenue fell.