New Accounts Boost Omnicom Profit
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Omnicom Group OMC.N on Tuesday  reported a higher quarterly profit as the world's largest  advertising group added several high-profile accounts to its  roster and benefited from higher global ad spending.
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The New York Times Co  reported higher profit and revenue on Tuesday because of a rise in national advertising and circulation revenue, a contrast to a downbeat earnings season for U.S. newspaper publishers.
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InfoWorld - In a deal that makes both companies look good, Salesforce.com announced that Omniture, one of the leaders in online Web marketing analytics, will be the newest service to join AppExchange.
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Whole Foods Markets Inc.&#39;s earnings surged in the latest quarter from a year earlier, due to new stores, higher margins and healthy sales growth.
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Net profits up, per share profits down, share count up.
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Tribune Co.  reported a better-than-expected rise in quarterly profit on Thursday helped by an extra week in the quarter that boosted advertising revenue at the company's newspapers.
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By Fred O. Williams  Lucrative technology projects and lower employee benefit costs helped Computer Task Group Inc. lift its fourth-quarter profits to $1.1 million, up 57 percent from a year ago.  Sales for the quarter were about level with last year, at $78 million.
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Research In Motion Ltd.    reported a higher than expected second-quarter profit  on Thursday, as the addition of about 705,000 BlackBerry  subscriber accounts helped boost revenue by 34 percent.
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The retailer posts impressive comps growth and has updated its guidance.
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Steel producer and recycler Nucor Corp. on Thursday boosted third-quarter earnings guidance by more than $1 per share as rising steel prices continue to lift profit margins.
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American Express has seen its quarterly profits climb, thanks to rising credit card use especially by international cardholders.
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The Lenovo Group, the personal computer maker, said its profit rose more than 600 percent in its latest fiscal year as it increased sales and restructured after its acquisition of I.B.M.âs PC unit. Profits were $161 million for the year, up from $22 million in the prior year. The Americas operations returned to profitability in the fourth quarter, meaning that all the global regions were profitable for the first time, the chief executive, William J. Amelio, said. Sales for the year, which ended March 31, rose 9.9 percent, to $14.6 billion, helped by strong sales of laptop and desktop computers in its home China market, Lenovo said. The company said its worldwide market share rose 0.2 percentage points, to 7.4 percent.
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AnnTaylor Stores Corp  reported better-than-expected earnings per share on Friday, helped by a lower share count from buybacks, and reaffirmed its full-year profit outlook, sending shares up 7 percent.
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Xerox Corp. on Thursday said third-quarter profit rose as it cut costs and sales of its copiers and printers improved. The Stamford, Connecticut-based company said net income available
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EchoStar Communications Corp.  on Tuesday said third-quarter profit rose on an aggressive campaign to add more new subscribers.
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Omnicom Group Inc. OMC.N, the   world's largest advertising services company, has signed a deal   to purchase audience measurement research from TiVo Inc.   TIVO.O, the companies said on Wednesday.
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Tribune Co.  reported a higher quarterly profit on Thursday because of one-time gains, while an extra week in the quarter boosted advertising revenue at the company's newspaper operations.