EchoStar Reports Higher Profit on Customer Growth
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The EchoStar Communications Corporation said fourth-quarter profit rose 15 percent as a result of an increase in subscribers.
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Oracle Corp. ORCL.O on Thursday   posted a higher quarterly profit, helped by   stronger-than-expected new software license revenue.
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TJX Cos Inc  said on Tuesday that quarterly net profit rose, as it managed its inventories and drove shopper traffic with better marketing and merchandising initiatives.
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Alltel Corp.  on Tuesday posted  better-than-expected profit and revenue as the rural wireless  provider attracted new subscribers, and shares rose more than 2  percent in early trading.
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Sprint Nextel Corp  on Wednesday  posted a higher fourth-quarter profit as revenue rose despite  weak customer growth.
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Occidental Petroleum Corp.  on Monday reported a higher quarterly profit, benefiting from high oil and gas prices.
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Nextel Communications Inc. NXTL.O,  the sixth largest U.S. mobile company, on Friday said its  quarterly profit rose on better-than expected subscriber growth  and it raised its full-year outlook for net earnings and new  subscribers.
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Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc  said on Wednesday quarterly profit rose as the nation's largest brewer sold more beer at higher prices.
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Diversified manufacturer United  Technologies Corp. UTX.N posted a rise in quarterly profit,  helped by strong infrastructure demand and a recovery in its  aerospace business, the company said on Wednesday.
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Sprint Nextel Corp  on Wednesday posted a higher fourth-quarter profit as revenue rose despite weak customer growth.
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Clorox Co. CLX.N on Monday said  quarterly profit rose more than six-fold, driven by gains from  its transfer of some businesses to Henkel KGaA HNKG.DE,  higher sales and cost savings.
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The Pepsi Bottling Group reported higher-than-expected profit yesterday, helped by cost controls and price increases, and raised its full-year forecast, sending its shares up.
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BellSouth Corp.  on Monday said  second-quarter profit rose, boosted by growth in wireless and  high-speed Internet services.
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Printer maker Lexmark International Inc  reported on Tuesday a higher quarterly net profit and predicted better-than-expected first quarter earnings, sending shares up more than 10 percent.
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Juniper Networks Inc , the world's second-largest network equipment maker, on Tuesday reported higher quarterly profit as telecommunications companies bought more equipment to handle growing Internet traffic.
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United Parcel Service Inc., the  world's largest package carrier, said on Thursday its quarterly  profit rose, driven in part by strength in its international  and non-package businesses.
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The brewing company posted a higher quarterly profit, driven by stronger shipments of beer in the U.S., higher prices and demand for its imports.