OfficeMax reports quarterly profit vs. loss
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OfficeMax Inc. , the nation's  No. 3 office supplies retailer, reported a quarterly profit on  Thursday, reversing a year-earlier loss, helped by an increase  in its contract business.
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Ford Motor Co. on Thursday reported a quarterly profit, reversing a year-earlier loss, on the strength in its finance arm.
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The loss, which came to $3.41 a share, was in contrast to a profit of $45.4 million, or 97 cents a share, in the quarter a year earlier.
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PeopleSoft Inc.  on Thursday reported a quarterly net profit, after a year-earlier loss, as the company saw stronger sales of its  business software than what it had forecast earlier despite its continued fight to block a takeover from rival Oracle Corp.
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Staples Inc. , the world's  largest office supplies retailer, reported on Thursday a  21.5-percent rise in quarterly profit, driven by increased  demand for its private label items and higher North American  retail sales.
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FuelCell Energy reports a better-than-expected quarterly loss.
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Microsoft said Thursday its profit for the just-ended quarter rose 11 percent from a year ago to 3.03 billion dollars, boosted by the new Windows Vista operating system and the new Office software suite.
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OfficeMax Inc. said its new chief financial officer resigned and said its fourth-quarter earnings report will be delayed because of accounting problems, compounding recent financial turmoil at the nation's number three office products retailer.
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Schering-Plough Corp. SGP.N on  Thursday reported a quarterly profit after a year-ago loss, as  positive foreign exchange trends helped offset poor sales of  its allergy and hepatitis drugs.
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VeriSign Inc. VRSN.O on  Wednesday reported a quarterly profit versus a year-ago loss,  driven by an investment gain and strong demand for its  authentication tools and services for the Internet and  telecommunications networks.
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THE REGION Sapient Corp. , a Cambridge business and technology services consultancy, said it swung to a first-quarter profit, topping Wall Street expectations. Net income for the quarter ended March 31 was $775,000, or a penny per share, compared with a loss of $1.4 million, or a penny per share, for the year-earlier quarter. Excluding certain expenses, earnings for the ...
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Lexmark International Inc  on  Tuesday posted a better-than-expected profit, helped by  strength in printers aimed at the business market.
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Business software maker Novell Inc.  posted a preliminary quarterly profit on Tuesday, bouncing back from a year-earlier loss when it took a $38 million restructuring charge.
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The company Friday said it expected to post a profit in the third quarter, thanks to Improved pricing and product mix and higher unit volume, reversing a year-ago loss.
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Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday posted a quarterly profit that topped its own diminished expectations as the computer and printer maker said it had
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CHICAGO -- Retailer OfficeMax Inc. yesterday said chief executive Christopher Milliken had resigned and acknowledged misstating 2004 results amid an accounting scandal in the latest setback for the struggling office products retailer.
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Novell Inc. is reporting a big turnaround in its financial picture. The networking company is reporting a third-quarter profit of $23.4 million on sales of $304.6 million. A year ago, Novell reported a loss of $12.4 million on sales ...