Companies hit by profit squeeze
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The number of UK firms issuing profit warnings rose sharply in 2004 amid interest rate rises and cooling customer confidence, figures show.
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The effect of Aids has started to hit South African firms&#39; profits, a survey suggests, with mining and manufacturing the worst affected.
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Annual profits rise sharply at oil giant Chevron but a slump in gas prices leads to a drop in profits in the final quarter.
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Europe's leading carmakers are facing a profit margin squeeze in the coming year as soaring raw materials costs look set to outstrip any price rises the companies can force through in what remains a consumer-led market, analysts said.
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Problems in the bond markets put pressure on financial firms' shares.
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When was the last time you heard about a company more than doubling its profit from the previous year, but an error in judgment restrained that profit?
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One of the mantras of global industry  in recent years has been keeping inventories lean and mean, but  there are increasing signs this cost-cutting strategy is  creating strains and causing companies to miss out on sales.
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European stock markets were dragged down by a profit warning from Anglo-Dutch consumer goods group Unilever.
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Problems in the banking sector hit I.B.M.âs earnings as financial services companies pulled back from buying mainframe computers and large software packages.
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Deutsche Bank reports a 48% drop in profits as the global credit squeeze hits its investment earnings.
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Turmoil in the subprime mortgage market took its toll on two Wall Street investment banks today, as second-quarter profit at Bear Stearns dropped 33 percent and Goldman Sachs squeezed out a modest 1 percent rise in profit.
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Europe's main stock markets were falling, as some leading companies posted annual earnings to a poor reception from investors.
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The two food giants said Wednesday that soaring commodity prices would hurt the companiesâ profits this year.
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Recessionary economic reading and mixed earnings push stocks to heavy midday losses.
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NEW YORK - An unsettling report on consumer incomes set off a spate of profit-taking on Wall Street Monday as investors worried that a tepid economy would erode companies' third-quarter earnings. Another drop in oil prices failed to shake the gloom from the market...
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Business & money: Search giant shocks investors with lower-than expected profits.