Capital One profit falls
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Capital One Financial Corp , a  credit card issuer and bank, said on Wednesday that  fourth-quarter earnings fell on rising credit card loan losses  and losses related to a shut-down mortgage unit.
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The investment bank said 3rd-quarter profit fell to $1.54 billion, hurt by a global credit crisis that cut into stock trading, corporate lending, and results from investments.
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The company has signalled profits of between Â£285 million and Â£295 million, down on Â£311 million a year ago, following a poor run of sales.
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Sears, Roebuck and Co. on Thursday said quarterly profit fell sharply compared with a year earlier, when the department store operator had a gain from the sale of its credit card business, but the profit topped forecasts as the retailer slashed costs.
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UBS AG, Europe&#39;s biggest bank, said third-quarter profit fell 1 percent as gains from managing funds for millionaires cushioned a drop in investment-banking earnings.
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Credit Suisse says first-quarter profit will be $1bn less than forecast after a write-down.
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Capital One Financial Corp,  a credit card issuer and banking company, posted a third quarter net loss, hurt by charges from shutting down its GreenPoint Mortgage business.
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The bank said the write-down cut $1 billion from its profit and that it had suspended traders for errors.
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Financial companies led Wall Street lower on Thursday after a sharp drop in Bank of America Corp's  earnings stoked worries about the extent the credit crunch has hurt the economy and profits.
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Stocks dropped on Friday, with the Dow and S&P down 1 percent, as investors locked in profits after two days of sharp gains, with financial and defensive sectors among those leading declines.
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Third-quarter profit fell 1 percent, as stronger sales of almost all of the companyâs key drugs could not offset higher production costs and taxes and a restructuring charge.
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Stocks dropped 1 percent on Friday as investors took profits after two days of sharp gains and before the weekend.
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Earnings at U.S. banks fell slightly in the first three months of the year amid a continuing housing slump and tightening credit standards, a banking regulator said on Thursday.
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Third-quarter profit fell 1 percent, as stronger sales of almost all of the companyâs key drugs could not offset  higher production costs and taxes and a restructuring charge.
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Turmoil in the subprime mortgage market took its toll on two Wall Street investment banks today, as second-quarter profit at Bear Stearns dropped 33 percent and Goldman Sachs squeezed out a modest 1 percent rise in profit.
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The Coca-Cola Company said yesterday that profit fell 22 percent after its largest bottler wrote down the value of its North American unit on reduced soda sales and higher raw material costs.
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Capital One Financial Corp , the largest independent U.S. credit card issuer, on Thursday lowered its full-year profit forecast by more than 20 percent, citing mounting consumer loan losses and higher legal reserves.