Merrill Lynch Q2 profits rise 31 percent
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Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.  said on Tuesday second-quarter net earnings surged 31 percent on strong investment banking activity as well as trading credit and interest rate products.
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Merrill Lynch assuaged concern of a looming credit crisis and the latest government report on the economy showed growth was accelerating.
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Oracle reported second-quarter 2005 earnings that beat analyst expectations today, thanks to new software revenue and continued gains from license updates and product support.
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Quarterly profit beat expectations on strong growth in its international, ground and freight segments.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc  said on Thursday that quarterly profit surged 79 percent, blowing away expectations of weak results, as the investment bank generated its second-highest revenue ever despite turbulent summer markets.
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Merrill Lynch & Co., the biggest U.S. brokerage, on Tuesday said quarterly profit fell slightly amid sharply higher expenses, but its shares rose as a 21 percent jump in revenue helped the firm beat expectations.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.   on Tuesday said quarterly profit rose 27 percent, beating  expectations, on surging revenue from bond underwriting and  stock trading.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  reported higher quarterly profit on Thursday, beating estimates, on record investment banking fees and strong stock trading.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson  on Tuesday  said its second-quarter profit rose on higher sales of its  medical devices and prescription medicines.
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Rite Aid Corp. reported a second-quarter profit of $9.8 million on Thursday, citing better cash flows and a reduction in inventory expenses.
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc  posted a 2.6 percent rise in underlying profits on Thursday, beating analysts' forecasts, thanks to higher production and strong oil prices.
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Merrill Lynch & Co Inc , hit by huge subprime mortgage losses, said on Monday it would boost its capital by raising up to $6.2 billion in a private placement with Singapore's Temasek Holdings and Davis Selected Advisers.
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Morgan Stanley  on Wednesday  said its second-quarter earnings rose 41 percent to a new  record, beating expectations on higher trading and investment  banking results.
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Oracle Corp  said on Wednesday  that quarterly profit rose 35 percent as new software sales  soared, beating expectations at a time when investors are  nervous that IT spending is slowing, and its shares climbed 4  percent.
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WASHINGTON -- SLM Corp., the nation's largest student lender, said Tuesday that second quarter earnings rose 33 percent on an increase in derivative and hedging activity.
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Nasdaq Stock Market Inc , the  second-largest U.S. equities exchange, said on Wednesday that  quarterly profit rose twelvefold, helped by a gain from the  sale of its stake in the London Stock Exchange .
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Goldman Sachs reported second-quarter earnings on Thursday.