Kimberly-Clark Profit Jumps 22 Percent
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Kimberly-Clark said second-quarter profit rose to $461 million as savings from a restructuring plan helped offset fiber costs, and it raised its full-year earnings forecast.
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Hewlett-Packard Co.  said  on Tuesday quarterly profit rose 26 percent, helped by strong  performances in its printer and personal computing businesses.
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Quarterly profit beat expectations on strong growth in its international, ground and freight segments.
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Stryker Corp , which said this week it was recalling some artificial hip products, reported on Wednesday a 21 percent jump in fourth-quarter profit on double-digit growth in sales of orthopedic implants and medical and surgical equipment.
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Sysco Corp. (SYY.N), the largest U.S. distributor of food to restaurants and hospitals, on Monday said quarterly profit rose as an extra week in the period and acquisitions helped offset the effects of higher food prices.
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Nordstrom, the department store chain, said yesterday that fourth-quarter profit rose by 22 percent, less than analysts estimated, on increased sales of womenâs clothes.
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US oil giant Chevron said its full-year 2006 profit rose 22 percent to a company record 17.1 billion dollars even though fourth-quarter results were squeezed by falling energy prices.
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Fourth-quarter profit climbed 61 percent, led by strong performances from its international and Frito-Lay divisions.
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Kroger Co.  said on Tuesday that quarterly profit rose 15.8 percent and raised its 2006 earnings view, sending its shares to their highest level in five years, as the grocery chain benefited from lower prices and a better selection of products such as fresh produce.
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Kimberly-Clark Corp  on Monday posted a 24 percent increase in quarterly profit as the weaker dollar and strong sales volume in Huggies baby wipes and Kleenex tissue helped offset rising costs for pulp.
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US investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEH) on Wednesday said fourth-quarter profit rose 22 percent on continued strength from fixed-income businesses and record investment banking revenue.
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Kimberly-Clark Corp., the largest US maker of disposable diapers, said third-quarter earnings rose 5.1 percent as sales gains for Huggies and price increases on Scott tissue helped to counter rising pulp costs.
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DALLAS Kimberly-Clark today reports its third-quarter earnings rose five percent -- despite tough price competition in its key diaper market.
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Kimberly-Clark Corp. , the maker of Kleenex tissues, said on Monday its quarterly net profit slipped, weighed down by higher commodity costs and the costs of spinning off a business.
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Upscale department store chain Nordstrom Inc. (JWN.N) on Thursday said quarterly earnings jumped 62 percent, as inventory and expense controls boosted profits.
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Luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co. Inc.  said on Wednesday quarterly profit rose 22 percent, helped by the sale of investments, and said holiday season sales growth was above expectations so far.
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Kellogg Co. K.N on Monday said  quarterly profit rose a better than expected 7 percent, as the  world's largest cereal maker was helped by strong sales of new  products and a weaker U.S. dollar.