Altria Earnings Fall
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Altria Group Inc. MO.N on Wednesday  said quarterly profit fell 6.9 percent, as one-time charges at  its Kraft Foods business and a loss in its financial services  unit offset higher tobacco profit.
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3M Co  said on Tuesday  fourth-quarter earnings fell as last year's results included a  gain for selling a business.
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NEW YORK (Dow Jones/AP) -- Altria Group Inc. is beginning to make the needed preparations to possibly split up into several parts in order to maximize shareholder value, chairman and chief executive Louis Camilleri said Thursday.
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The chemical maker reported a quarterly profit that was lower than expected, in part due to weak demand from the housing and auto markets.
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U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday as the  earnings season started on a weak note after aluminum producer  Alcoa Inc. AA.N missed Wall Street expectations and chip  maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD.N issued a sales  warning.
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Altria Group Inc  posted lower quarterly profit on Wednesday due to the spinoff last year of Kraft Foods Inc , and set March 28 as the date for its planned spinoff of Philip Morris International.
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AnnTaylor Stores Corp  posted  lower quarterly profit on Friday as the women&#39;s apparel  retailer suffered weak customer traffic at its Ann Taylor and  LOFT chains, forcing markdowns on many items.
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The Altria Group, parent of the Philip Morris tobacco companies, posted stronger-than-expected quarterly profit on higher prices in the U.S. and the weaker dollar.
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The company's dismal earnings have dimmed investor enthusiasm.
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Cigarette giant says it expects full-year profit to be at the high end of previous forecast range. CHICAGO  - Altria Group Inc.
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Women's apparel retailer AnnTaylor Stores Inc.  said on Thursday that a weak assortment of clothes at its LOFT chain led to deeper markdowns, causing quarterly earnings to fall.
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AnnTaylor Stores Inc.  posted lower quarterly earnings on Thursday, as a weak assortment of clothes at its still-struggling LOFT chain forced the retailer to take deeper markdowns, hurting margins.
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Weak revenue growth causes analysts to reduce estimates for AMR, dragging the entire sector lower on Wall Street.
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Europe's main stock markets were falling, as some leading companies posted annual earnings to a poor reception from investors.
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Diageo, the world's biggest maker of alcoholic drinks, has said that net profit fell 23 percent to 895 million pounds (1.339 billion euros, 1.760 billion dollars) in the first six months of its financial year.
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Morgan Stanley and Bear Stearns Cos. said fiscal third-quarter earnings fell, their first declines in more than a year. The results sparked concern that Wall Street profits are slowing, and shares of many securities firms dropped.
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Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus    met forecasts with a 32 percent decline in first-half  core earnings but its shares fell after it warned there was no  sign of a let-up in cost pressures.