Sysco Corp.'s 4Q Profit Up 16 Percent
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Sysco's fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose 16 percent due to an extra week in the quarter, customer-service initiatives and operating efficiency.
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Campbell Soup Co.'s profit rose 39 percent for the fourth quarter versus results a year ago that were depressed by costs related to sales of some operations in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
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PepsiCo Inc., the No. 2 soft-drink  maker, on Thursday reported an 8 percent rise in fourth-quarter  profit on volume growth, higher prices and a favorable foreign  exchange rate.
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General Electric Co  on Friday posted a 4 percent rise in net profit, which met Wall Street expectations, driven by strong demand for heavy equipment such as jet engines and electricity-producing turbines.
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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  cost control measures helped offset the higher food prices that  were slowing demand.
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Wal-Mart reported a better-than-expected 9.8 percent increase in fourth-quarter profit yesterday, helped by new strategy and cost-control measures at its flagship U.S. stores division.
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Emerson Electric Co., the world&#39;s largest maker of power supplies for telecommunications systems, said fourth-quarter profit rose 28 percent as it cut costs and sold more new products.
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The health care products maker posted higher profit in the fourth quarter versus year-earlier results that were reduced by acquisition charges for Kos Pharmaceuticals.
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Food distributor Sysco Corp. (SYY.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday posted an 8.2 percent rise in quarterly profit as cost cuts helped offset sluggish business
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Oracle Corp. ORCL.O on Tuesday  reported a 16 percent rise in quarterly net income as the  world's second largest software company benefited from steady  demand for its flagship database software.
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Fourth-quarter earnings rose 42 percent from a year ago as profit margins at its U.S. stores improved despite higher commodity costs.
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Kroger Co. , the largest U.S.  supermarket chain, on Tuesday posted a 4-percent rise in  first-quarter profit, beating Wall Street expectations, helped  by cost cuts and increased sales.
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Sysco Corp., the country&#39;s largest food service distributor, Monday said profit for its latest quarter rose 8 percent, as it increased sales and trimmed expenses despite the hurricanes in the Southeast.
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By PAUL GORES  Journal Communications Inc. said Wednesday that fourth-quarter profits last year rose almost 40%, aided by an extra week in the quarter.  Net income was $23.4 million, or 33 cents per share, compared with $16.7 million, or 23 cents, in the final period of 2005.
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Citigroup Inc. C.N, the world's  largest financial services company, on Thursday said  fourth-quarter profit rose 12 percent, helped by growth in its  consumer business.
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Loews Corp. , the conglomerate  run by the Tisch family, reported a nearly six-fold increase in  fourth-quarter profit on Monday, helped by gains at its  insurance and oil drilling units.
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Symantec Corp  reported an increase in quarterly profit on Wednesday, boosted by strong overseas sales, and forecast current-quarter results above Wall Street estimates, sending its shares up 9 percent.