Applied Materials profit triples, shares rise
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Applied Materials Inc. , the top supplier of equipment for making microchips, on Tuesday said first-quarter profit nearly tripled and that second-quarter revenue could rise as much as 5 percent, sending its shares up 4.5 percent.
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3M Co. MMM.N, the maker of Scotch  tape and Post-It notes, on Tuesday posted a higher quarterly  profit as it saw strength across its portfolio of businesses.
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DuPont Co. reported a third-quarter profit Tuesday, saying higher sales volumes and local selling prices offset a sharp increase in the cost of energy and raw materials.
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Tool maker Black & Decker Corp  reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings on Thursday as sales growth helped offset higher commodity prices, sending its shares up about 6 percent.
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Applied Materials (AMAT:Nasdaq - news - research) posted sharply higher net income in its fiscal fourth quarter but said it had seen demand decelerate recently.
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Applied Materials Inc. ,  the top supplier of equipment for making microchips, on Tuesday  posted a quarterly profit that nearly tripled and said revenue  could rise as much as 5 percent in its current quarter.
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A quarterly profit of $3.2 billion was driven by increased trading volume and merger activity.
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NEW YORK, Aug 17  - Shares of Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , the largest maker of chip-making tools, rose after the bell on Tuesday after the company said healthy spending on new semiconductor factories more than ...
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Applied Materials Inc., the world&#39;s biggest maker of semiconductor-production equipment, said fourth- quarter profit rose to its highest level in four years on demand from chipmakers for new machines.
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Consumer products maker Georgia-Pacific Corp. on Thursday posted a larger third-quarter profit, lifted by increased prices on tissue, packaging and paper products and stronger results from its building products division.
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Third-quarter profit jumped 77 percent, driven by growing sales of data storage software and hardware as well as a hefty gain from the sale of an ownership stake in VMware.
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Oil and gas producer Murphy Oil Corp. on Tuesday said its third-quarter profits soared on increasing oil prices, beating industry estimates.
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Dow Chemical Co.'s  third-quarter profit surged 86 percent on increased plastics sales, but demand remains vulnerable to soaring energy costs, the No. 1 U.S. chemicals maker said on Thursday.
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Lockheed Martin Corp , said on Tuesday third-quarter profit rose a greater-than-expected 22 percent, and it slightly raised its full-year earnings forecast, on the back of higher sales of its jet fighters and electronic warfare systems.
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General Electric Co. GE.N on Friday  said third-quarter earnings rose as profit gains across many of  its financial and industrial businesses outweighed  hurricane-related costs.
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Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp  said on Wednesday third-quarter profit rose more than expected, helped by strong sales at its information technology and shipbuilding units.
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Applied Materials Inc. ,  the world's largest supplier of equipment for making  microchips, posted higher quarterly profit on Tuesday, topping  estimates, although revenue was less than expected.