Colgate profit rises
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Colgate-Palmolive Co  on Tuesday posted higher quarterly profit, helped by strength in emerging markets and improved margins and savings from cost-cutting measures.
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Colgate-Palmolive (CL:NYSE - news - research) shares gained early Tuesday after the consumer products company announced a restructuring plan, which includes a 12% payroll cut.
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Web search leader Google Inc.  GOOG.O, in its first earnings report as a publicly held  company, on Thursday posted a higher net profit as revenue more  than doubled on strong Web search advertising.
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Diversified manufacturer Emerson  Electric Co.  on Tuesday reported higher quarterly  earnings on strong industrial demand and improved profit  margins at four of its five divisions.
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Although Procter & Gamble and Colgate-Palmolive posted big jumps in quarterly profits, only P.& G. issued a cautious outlook in the face of rising commodity costs.
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Household and personal care products  leaders Procter & Gamble Co  and smaller rival  Colgate-Palmolive Co  both posted double-digit quarterly  profit increases on Tuesday, helped by cost cuts, the weaker  dollar and sales of new items.
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Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc  said on Thursday that quarterly profit rose, as the brewer sold more beer despite the slowing economy.
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Procter &amp; Gamble Co. (PG.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday said quarterly profit rose 14 percent, boosted by demand for products like Head &amp; Shoulders shampoo and
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General Mills Inc.  on Thursday  said quarterly profit edged higher, though increased marketing  spending and higher commodity costs tempered the increase.
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Hard drive maker Seagate Technology said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter earnings jumped by 188 percent as shipments rose 20 percent year over year.
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Quarterly profit soared thanks to new products, increased marketing and improvement in international business, the company said.
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Google said today that its quarterly profit rose as its ability to capitalize on Web advertising gained momentum against rivals such as Yahoo and Microsoft.
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Colgate-Palmolive Co. CL.N on  Wednesday said profit fell in the third quarter, as it warned  it would a month ago, because of increased marketing spending  and higher costs for raw materials.
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Campbell Soup Co.  posted higher  quarterly profit on Friday, helped by higher prices, and raised  its full-year profit forecast.
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CME Group Inc.  said on Tuesday  that quarterly profit rose as the company focused on completing  a merger between the two largest U.S. futures exchanges.
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Profits got a boost despite sluggish sales from the challenging environment.
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McGraw-Hill Cos Inc  said on Tuesday its quarterly profit rose 25.4 percent, driven by good results at its Standard & Poor's unit.