Tupperware Posts Profit, Narrows FY View
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Tupperware Corp. TUP.N on Monday  posted a third-quarter profit, versus breakeven a year earlier,  helped by improved results outside North America.
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The company reported third-quarter profit of $453.1 million as the weaker dollar and strong sales in Huggies baby wipes and Kleenex tissue helped offset costs for pulp.
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Sony Corp. on Thursday cut its operating  profit estimate for this business year by 31 percent, citing  sharply falling prices of televisions, video cameras and other  key consumer electronics products, and weak demand for chips.
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Albertsons Inc., the No. 2 US supermarket chain, said second-quarter profit dropped 36 percent after the Boise, Idaho-based company slashed prices to attract shoppers lost during a strike in Southern California.
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Cott Corp., a maker of store-brand soft drinks, lowered its 2004 profit outlook Monday because of increasing raw material costs, and predicted 2005 results that fall short of Wall Street estimates.
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Kimberly-Clark Corp. KMB.N, the  maker of Kleenex tissues, said on Monday its quarterly net  profit slipped, weighed down by higher commodity costs and the  costs of spinning off a business.
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The company said quarterly profit rose to $494 million despite a slowing U.S. economy, but it lowered its full-year earnings outlook.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  on Tuesday  posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit after  penny-pinching U.S. shoppers scoured its discount stores for  low prices on necessities like food and laundry detergent.
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Kimberly-Clark Corp. , the maker of Kleenex tissues, said on Monday its quarterly net profit slipped, weighed down by higher commodity costs and the costs of spinning off a business.
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Wal-Mart reported a slim half-point gain in sales at stores open at least a year and sales dropped at Limited Brands, Pacific Sunwear and Wet Seal, offering more evidence of a stumbling economy.
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Amazon.com Inc  on Wednesday issued quarterly earnings and full-year sales forecasts ahead of Wall Street targets, but profit margins declined in what one analyst called a disappointment.
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Food distributor Sysco Corp. (SYY.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday posted an 8.2 percent rise in quarterly profit as cost cuts helped offset sluggish business
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Kroger Co., the top US grocer, on Tuesday posted a 29 percent rise in quarterly profit due to cost controls, but price cuts to lure shoppers caused earnings to miss Wall Street estimates and shares fell.
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Japanese electronics group Toshiba Corp.  and Fujitsu Ltd.  said quarterly operating profit dropped on sharp price falls in microchips and hard drives, and forecast steeper price declines to come.
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Wal-Mart Stores  on Tuesday  posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit as  penny-pinching U.S. shoppers scoured its discount stores for  low prices on necessities like food and laundry detergent to  offset tough economic conditions.
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Kroger (KR), the largest US grocer, Tuesday reported a 25% drop in quarterly profit. Even though sales rebounded in Southern California, where Kroger was hit by a strike, Chief Executive
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Amazon.com Inc posted a decline in profit margins on Wednesday as the impact of its discounting overshadowed quarterly earnings and a sales forecast that topped Wall Street targets.