Colgate Profit Falls on Higher Costs
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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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Diversified manufacturer Tyco International Ltd.  on Tuesday said quarterly net profit slipped on charges to pare debt and sell assets, and its shares fell 4 percent on lower-than-expected sales and rising inventory.
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Costco Wholesale Corp.  on  Thursday said its quarterly profit fell, hurt by charges for  expensing stock options.
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Comcast Corp., the leading U.S. cable  operator, said on Thursday its quarterly profit tripled, but  its shares fell as higher-than-expected spending plans for 2007  raised concerns on Wall Street.
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NEW YORK - A grim combination of higher oil prices and lowered outlooks from companies including Colgate-Palmolive Co., Unilever PLC and The New York Times Co. sent stocks sliding Monday...
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Del Monte Foods Co.  posted lower quarterly profit on Thursday due to rising ingredient costs and weak consumer demand for branded food and pet products.
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NEW YORK - Higher oil prices and lowered outlooks from companies including Colgate-Palmolive Co., Unilever PLC and The New York Times Co. sent stocks sliding Monday...
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The maker of Colgate toothpaste and Irish Spring soap  warned that earnings for the second half of the year will fall  short of earlier forecasts due to high marketing costs.
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Stocks fell on Monday as investors  fretted over corporate profits after oil prices rose to their  highest level in nearly a month and personal products maker  Colgate-Palmolive Co. CL.N and others warned of lower  earnings.
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Colgate-Palmolive Co. CL.N on Monday  issued its first formal profit warning in almost a decade,  citing higher marketing spending and raw-material costs,  sending its shares down 11 percent to a four-year low.
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Campbell Soup Co  posted lower  quarterly profit on Friday, hurt by higher commodity costs and  promotional spending.
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Colgate-Palmolive Co., the world&#39;s largest toothpaste maker, said second-half profit will fall because of higher marketing costs to fend off Procter &amp; Gamble Co.
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Costco Wholesale Corp.  on Thursday said its quarterly profit fell, hurt by charges for expensing stock options.
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Dow Jones & Co. Inc. , which soon could be bought by News Corp.  for $5 billion, reported on Thursday that quarterly profit fell because of one-time charges, while revenue rose because of strength in its digital businesses.
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General Mills Inc. GIS.N on  Tuesday reported a steeper-than-expected drop in quarterly net  income due to higher food ingredient costs and stepped-up  spending on promotions.
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Colgate-Palmolive Co., the world&#39;s largest toothpaste maker, said second-half profit will be less than analysts&#39; estimates because of higher marketing and raw material costs.
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Colgate-Palmolive Co. CL.N said on  Tuesday it would cut about 12 percent of its 37,000-person work  force as part of a four-year restructuring plan for which it  anticipates after-tax charges of $550 million to $650 million.