Williams-Sonoma 1st-quarter net profit falls
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Upscale home-decor retailer  Williams-Sonoma Inc.  on Wednesday said quarterly profit  fell, after charges related to closing its Hold Everything  storage-goods stores and stock option expenses.
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Japan's largest mobile telephone operator, NTT DoCoMo Inc., said Friday its net profit fell by more than 20 percent in the first half of its business year amid a price war.
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The Nikkei lost 1 percent on Thursday as  stocks such as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. fell after  downbeat earnings at U.S. firms, while a profit warning from  Sony Corp. looked set to push the market lower.
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General Motors Corp. GM.N said on  Thursday it expects earnings this year to fall due to lower  profits at its financial services unit and a $1 billion rise in  health-care costs.
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Williams-Sonoma Inc. Wednesday said profit for its latest quarter jumped 55 percent, as sales surged at its Pottery Barn and outlet stores.
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The diversified manufacturer said its fiscal first-quarter profit fell 54 percent from a year earlier, when it still owned its health care and electronics businesses.
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VANCOUVER - Resort operator Intrawest saw its first-quarter profit disappear as it reported a $6.7 million US loss (14 cents a share), the company said Monday.
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Chevron Corp. , the No. 2 U.S. oil company, said on Friday its fourth-quarter profit fell, pulled down by weaker natural gas prices and refining margins.
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The company said fourth-quarter net profit fell 42 percent and announced it would cut 1,000 jobs as part of a cost-cutting strategy.
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By Bloomberg, AP and Staff Reports  Dillard's Inc. reported first-quarter profits Wednesday of $42.9 million, down 30 percent from the $61.3 million the department store chain earned in the same period a year before.
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Ford Motor Co.  on Tuesday said earnings will fall this year due to a drop in profit from its finance unit, which it expects to be hit by rising interest rates.
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Credit Suisse says first-quarter profit will be $1bn less than forecast after a write-down.
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The company said on Friday that its profit fell on price declines for its mainstay computer memory chips, but expressed confidence a rebound in the market would bolster earnings.
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A steeper-than-expected drop in the   U.S. housing market pushed Lennar Corp.'s LEN.N quarterly   profit down 39 percent and prompted the home builder on Tuesday   to slash its forecast for the current period.
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China&#039;s Lenovo Group Ltd. said Thursday its net profit fell 85 percent in the company&#039;s first fiscal year since it bought IBM&#039;s personal computer business.
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- Williams-Sonoma Inc  reported a 0.4 percent fall in holiday sales at its stores open at least a year and cut its fourth-quarter forecast, hurt by weak sales in its home furnishings businesses.
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Oil and gas producer Kerr-McGee Corp. (KMG.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday reported a fall in quarterly profit, citing a writedown related to a pigment plant and higher environmental charges.