AnnTaylor profit falls on weakness at LOFT
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AnnTaylor Stores Inc.  posted lower quarterly earnings on Thursday, as a weak assortment of clothes at its still-struggling LOFT chain forced the retailer to take deeper markdowns, hurting margins.
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Noble Energy Inc.  said on Thursday its fourth-quarter profit fell as weakness in natural gas prices weighed on results.
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Loews Corp  said on Monday third-quarter profit fell 12.5 percent, as the cost of a legal settlement at its CNA Financial Corp  unit offset improved results in tobacco and drilling operations.
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U.S. oil and gas producer XTO Energy  Inc.  on Tuesday said its fourth-quarter profit fell as  lower natural gas prices weighed on results.
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AMR Corp , parent of the world's largest airline American Airlines, on Wednesday posted a second-quarter profit that fell short of Wall Street expectations, weakened by severe weather disruptions.
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Shares of Tellabs Inc. TLAB.O fell  2.6 percent before the opening bell on Tuesday after the  company posted lower-than-expected revenue and earnings.
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Time Warner, the world&#39;s largest media company, on Wednesday said third-quarter profit fell as it established a $500m legal reserve and it will restate results for its AOL Europe unit prior to 2002.
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AnnTaylor Stores Corp  posted lower quarterly profit on Friday as the women's apparel retailer suffered weak customer traffic at its Ann Taylor and LOFT chains, forcing markdowns on many items.
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Luxury home builder Toll Brothers  posted a 79 percent drop in quarterly net income on Thursday, hurt by a downturn in the U.S. housing market.
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The commercial insurer said profit declined on lower premiums and investment income, but the results still beat Wall Street expectations.
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The largest U.S. mortgage lender said quarterly profit slid 33 percent and slashed its full-year earnings outlook, citing rising defaults as the housing market slumps.
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Women's apparel retailer AnnTaylor Stores Inc.  said on Thursday that a weak assortment of clothes at its LOFT chain led to deeper markdowns, causing quarterly earnings to fall.
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Stock prices fell in early trading today with investors collecting some profits after Wednesday's gains.
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Business & money: Share price plunges after disappointing profits raising fears over America's economic slowdown
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The company has signalled profits of between Â£285 million and Â£295 million, down on Â£311 million a year ago, following a poor run of sales.
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UK blue chips closed lower as Wall Street remained weaker after disappointing inflation data with Alliance & Leicester down after reporting a fall in core operating profit, held back by large scale write-downs.
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Torstar Corp., which publishes Canada&#39;s biggest daily newspaper, said third-quarter profit fell 62 percent because of declining sales at its book-publishing unit and costs for employee buyouts at the Toronto Star.