Moody's net soars 86 percent on ratings, sale
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Moody's Corp. , the parent of its namesake credit rating agency, on Wednesday said fourth-quarter profit soared 86 percent, helped by growing demand for ratings and a gain from the sale of its downtown Manhattan headquarters.
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Moody's Corp. MCO.N, the parent of  credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service, on Wednesday  said fourth-quarter profit rose 43 percent, helped by  double-digit revenue growth in its main business lines.
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Changes in the global economy have strengthened the gatekeeping role of Moody's and its main competitors, Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings.
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ST. LOUIS  - Investment bank Bear Stearns & Co.   BSC.N on Thursday said third-quarter net income rose nearly   16 percent, easily beating Wall Street expectations, on strong   fixed-income trading.
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Investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. said on Wednesday first-quarter profit rose 14 percent, as real estate and strong equity markets helped lift trading profits even with weakness in subprime mortgages.
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NEW YORK, Nov 12 - Moody&#39;s Investors Service revised Occidental Petroleum Corp&#39;s (OXY.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the international oil and gas company&#39;s outlook to positive and affirmed its ratings.
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LOS ANGELES: Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp has posted a 28 per cent rise in quarterly profit as strong results in newspapers, broadcast and cable television countered weaker performances in its film and Italian pay-TV divisions.
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Stocks surged Thursday, pushing the Dow Jones industrials up 200 points into record territory as bright spots among retailers' generally sluggish June sales reports allowed investors to toss aside concerns about the health of the economy that have for weeks dogged Wall Street.
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Investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  on Tuesday said its second-quarter profit rose 27 percent as surging bond underwriting and stock trading revenue more than made up for bond trading results hurt by U.S. mortgage weakness.
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Brazil&#39;s debt rating was raised by Moody&#39;s Investors Service for the first time since 2000 as a surge in exports gives the country more hard currency to pay its foreign bonds.
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UK blue chips closed stronger today, just off the late afternoon peak lifted by a rally from hard-pressed banking issues, with Wall Street pushing higher in morning deals following better than expected numbers from Lehman Brothers, and ahead of a likely Fed interest rate cut later today.
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Sales of new homes rose 16.2 percent in April, the sharpest climb in 14 years as builders slashed prices a record 11 percent, a government report showed on Thursday, signaling stabilization in the housing sector.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. , said on Tuesday that quarterly profit rose 27 percent, beating expectations, on surging revenue from bond underwriting and stock trading.
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U.S. stocks surged on Thursday, driving the Dow industrials to a record close on strong earnings from companies such as investment bank Bear Stearns Cos. and an improving outlook for the U.S. economy.
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Shares of restaurant operator Texas  Roadhouse Inc. TXRH.O soared as much as 28 percent in their  stock market debut on Tuesday after pricing above their  targeted range a day earlier.
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Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. Ltd on Wednesday posted a 28 percent rise in quarterly profit as strong results in newspapers, broadcast and cable television countered weaker
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Satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC reported strong growth in subscribers Friday and a jump in revenue that exceeded analysts' expectations, underpinning a 3 percent rise in quarterly net profit.