Caterpillar Reports Higher Profit, but Cuts Forecast
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The construction equipment maker earned $927 million in the quarter as strength in its integrated service business offset weakness in North America.
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Caterpillar Inc.  said on Friday its profit in the latest quarter rose more than 10 percent due to strong sales outside the United States.
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FedEx Corp  reported on Thursday a higher quarterly profit despite a slowing U.S. economy, but lowered its full-year earnings outlook, sending its shares down more than 2 percent.
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Internet service provider EarthLink  Inc. on Tuesday posted higher quarterly profit, boosted by cost  controls, but quarterly sales fell short of analysts'  expectations, as did its forecast for 2005 sales.
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The company said quarterly profit would be higher than analystsâ estimates and it raised its full-year outlook as exchange rates and price and volume increases offset high commodity costs.
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Campbell Soup Co.  posted better-than-expected quarterly profit on Friday and raised its full year outlook, sending its shares to a seven-year high, even as U.S. soup sales fell.
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Caterpillar Inc, the world's top maker of earth-moving equipment, diesel engines and gas turbines, posted disappointing quarterly earnings on Friday and cut its full-year profit forecast, sending its shares down nearly 4 percent.
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Third-quarter profit, helped by sales of jet fighters and electronic warfare systems, beat Wall Street expectations, but the companyâs forecast for next year was slightly below analystsâ estimates.
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National Semiconductor Corp. posted a higher quarterly profit Thursday, with sales in line with its reduced forecast on lower-than-expected demand for flat-panel displays and from Chinese wireless handset makers.
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Caterpillar Inc.  said on Friday  its profit in the latest quarter rose more than 10 percent as  strong international mining, energy and construction sales  offset a decline in U.S. equipment and engine sales.
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Circuit City Stores Inc. CC.N on   Wednesday reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit,   driven by strong sales of flat-panel televisions and laptop   computers during the back-to-school shopping season, and   fine-tuned its sales forecasts higher.
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Stocks dropped on Friday after heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc cut its profit forecast and warned the housing slump was spilling over into other parts of the economy.
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Caterpillar Inc. , a maker of earthmoving equipment, on Friday said quarterly earnings fell more than expected due to lower sales of diesel truck engines, weakness in North American construction markets, and higher production costs.
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Deere & Co.  said on Tuesday its  quarterly earnings rose a better-than-expected 19 percent, but  the stock fell nearly 3 percent after it forecast sharply lower  profit and flat sales in the coming year.
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Caterpillar Inc. CAT.N reported  lower-than-expected quarterly earnings on Thursday as higher  raw material prices and retirement benefits hurt profit,  sending its shares down nearly 5 percent.
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Diversified manufacturer Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd.  reported a sharply higher quarterly profit on Thursday that reflected a large gain on the sale of its Bobcat machinery division.
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Stock futures edged higher on Monday, suggesting shares on Wall Street may recover some of Friday's sharp losses when heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar Inc.  rattled investors with a drop in earnings.