Bear Stearns Profit Falls
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Brokerage Bear Stearns Companies  BSC.N on Wednesday said quarterly profit fell 10 percent hurt  by lower investment banking revenue and higher expenses.
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Toll Brothers said its first-quarter profit fell 67 percent as a result of lower sales, write-downs and other costs.
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Morgan Stanley and Bear Stearns Companies posted a drop in quarterly profits on Wednesday, surprising some investors one day after two
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US investment bank Morgan Stanley (MWD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday said quarterly profit dropped by a third on sharply lower bond trading revenue
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U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley  MWD.N on Wednesday said quarterly profit dropped by a third  on lower bond trading revenue, weak equities results and higher  expenses, falling short of Wall Street's low expectations and  pushing its shares down as much as 8 percent.
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European stock markets fell on Wednesday on profit-taking after bumper gains made the previous day, and as investors tracked a fresh batch of earnings news, dealers said.
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Bear Stearns Cos. said yesterday its profit plunged 62 percent in the third quarter as turbulence in the debt market and wrong-way bets on mortgages crunched the investment bank's credit portfolio and bond business.
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Morgan Stanley, the second-biggest US securities firm, on Wednesday reported lower-than-expected third-quarter profit on lower fees from trading stocks and bonds.
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Goldman Sachs and Bear Stearns wrestle with the subprime problems, turning in disappointing earnings results.
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The investment bank said third-quarter profit fell less than expected, as strength in stock trading and investment banking offset losses from the mortgage market.
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Stocks fell on Wednesday after investment bank Morgan Stanley (MWD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said quarterly profit fell, casting doubt on corporate profit growth, while a brokerage downgrade on Cisco Systems Inc.
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Two large Wall Street firms - Morgan Stanley and Bear Stearns - reported a fall in quarterly profits yesterday in sharp contrast to rival players who presented an upbeat performance the day before.
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US investment bank Bear Stearns reports its first loss after making risky bets on sub-prime mortgages.
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Morgan Stanley and Bear Stearns posted drops in quarterly profit yesterday, surprising some investors one day after two other big investment banks reported a rise in earnings.
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U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday after a  profit warning from Coca-Cola Co. KO.N stoked fears about  corporate profits and a downgrade of the technology sector by  investment bank Goldman Sachs weighed on markets.
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Investment bank Bear Stearns Cos. Inc. , one of the nation's largest mortgage bond underwriters, said on Thursday quarterly earnings fell by a third as trouble in the mortgage market hurt bond trading revenue and it wrote down assets.
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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.