Compass sees share price dive on profit warning
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Compass Group saw its share price slump by almost 25 percent after the British catering group warned future annual profits would be reduced by 30 million pounds (43.9 million euros, 53.5 million dollars).
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Northern Rock shares slump 9.5% after it warns that earnings would not be as strong as analysts predict.
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High street and shopping mall retail chain Dixons Group, the UK&#39;s largest consumer electronics and equipment retailer, has warned that sales and profits have waned in the last quarter.
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Go-Ahead Group shares fall as much as 17% on the back of worries about the firm's future income.
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Merrill Lynch warned yesterday that shaky credit markets forced it to reduce the value of securities linked to risky subprime mortgages and other products, a move that could hurt third-quarter profit.
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London equities fell in opening trade on Wednesday, after Northern Rock&#39;&#39;s latest guidance on full year profit growth dipped below analysts&#39; forecasts, adding to concern about a slowing housing market.
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Stocks dropped yesterday as Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever cut profit forecasts, fueling concern that earnings growth is slowing at a time when borrowing costs are headed higher.
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Business & money: Northern Rock's share price is expected to suffer a further slide as the prospect of a bid ebbed away.
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Harman International Industries Inc , whose $8 billion sale fell apart last week, warned on Monday that quarterly profit would be less than half what Wall Street expected, sending its shares down as much as 8 percent.
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A PROFIT warning from Coca-Cola put the skids under US equities yesterday and a Goldman Sachs survey showing softening corporate spending on technology added to the gloomy mood.
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A profit warning from consumer products giant Unilever and concern that oil prices, now topping &#36;46 a barrel, will hurt company earnings kept European shares in negative ground Monday.
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U.S. shares are set to open lower on Friday before the Presidents Day long weekend as investors focus on economic data, options expiries and bid target Compass Bancshares , with little of note on corporate earnings.
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Stocks dropped on Friday after heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc cut its profit forecast and warned the housing slump was spilling over into other parts of the economy.
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Sobering expectations â foreshadowed on Sunday when management announced the lower prices â weighed on the companyâs already drooping stock.
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Ericsson, the world's leading mobile networks maker, reported sharply lower results Thursday, in line with last week's profit warning that shocked investors, but said the market could touch bottom by early 2008.
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U.S. stocks were headed for a lower  open on Tuesday, dragged down by a batch of disappointing  earnings news, including a sales warning from chip maker  Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD.N
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The FTSE 100 closed lower today, hit by profit taking after breaching the 6,000 level this morning, with a reversal in commodity stocks and an uncertain start by Wall Street making investors nervous ahead of the weekend.