USA: Levi Strauss Posts $46.6m Q3 Profit On Lower Costs
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Jeans maker Levi Strauss &amp; Co on Tuesday said lower costs helped it to a third-quarter profit of $46.6 million. The San Francisco-based company said this compares to a net loss of $4.
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Abercrombie &amp; Fitch Co. reported a 21 percent drop in third-quarter earnings Tuesday, citing a nearly $33 million one-time charge to settle three class-action lawsuits related to work force diversity.
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Abercrombie &amp; Fitch Co. reported a 21 percent drop in third-quarter earnings Tuesday, citing a nearly &#36;33 million one-time charge to settle three class-action lawsuits related to work force diversity. The clothing retailer was also cautious about the current quarter, saying it expects earnings to be flat.
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MONTREAL (CP) - Abitibi Consolidated Inc. reported a third-quarter profit Thursday of $182 million, compared with a loss of $70 million a year ago, helped by higher prices for its products and a $194-million gain on its US dollar debt.
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AMP spin-off HHG plc has produced a pound stg. 46 million ($A117 million) profit for the six months to June 30 - a massive turnaround from the pound stg.
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The apparel retailer reports higher sales and profits but lower comps.
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Nike Inc., the world&#39;s largest shoemaker, on Thursday said its profit grew 46 percent in the second quarter as its sales gained traction in the US, Chinese, Russian and Turkish markets.
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Europe&#39;s largest fashion retailer, Hennes &amp; Mauritz AB, on Thursday posted better than expected third-quarter profits and said sales were up despite lowered prices and competition
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The company posted fourth-quarter profit of $414.9 million, helped by growth in emerging markets and the weaker dollar.
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British American Tobacco PLC posted a 60 percent jump in third quarter net profit Tuesday, thanks partly to lower taxation charges.
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Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. on Wednesday posted a 49 percent jump in profit for its latest quarter as sales of women&#39;s clothing and children&#39;s wear helped results.
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Jos. A. Bank Clothiers (JOSB:Nasdaq - news - research) posted a handsome third-quarter profit Monday, as strong Internet and catalogue sales helped drive a 17% hike in net income.
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Europe's largest fashion retailer, Hennes &amp; Mauritz AB, on Thursday posted better than expected third-quarter profits and said sales were up despite lowered prices and competition from rival companies, thanks in part to sales in the United States.
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CHARLOTTE, NC - Tobacco company Reynolds American Inc., reporting earnings for the first time since the combination of RJ Reynolds and the US operations of Brown &amp; Williamson Tobacco, on Monday posted a third-quarter profit of $339 million, or $2.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  on Tuesday  posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit after  penny-pinching U.S. shoppers scoured its discount stores for  low prices on necessities like food and laundry detergent.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 20  Â LoweÂs, the nationÂs second-largest home-improvement retailer, reported an increase in third-quarter profit of nearly 11 percent on Monday and warned that its fourth-quarter results would be weaker than expected.
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Polo Ralph Lauren Corp.  posted  a better-than-expected 17 percent rise in quarterly profit  Wednesday on increased apparel sales in Europe and the United  States, but shares fell 4 percent in premarket trading on its  adjusted 2008 forecast.