Franklin Resources 1Q Earnings Top Views
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Franklin Resources Inc., which runs the Franklin Templeton mutual funds, reported robust earnings for its latest quarter, reflecting strong investment gains and good cost controls.
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Australian mining company WMC Resources Ltd. on Thursday forecast record profits for 2004 and announced plans to return up to 1 billion Australian dollars (US$761 million; euro570 million) to shareholders
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The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) -- which is fronting a European consortium&#39;s takeover bid for Dutch giant ABN Amro -- said on Tuesday that first-half earnings would beat market expectations.
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A look at the past month's top-performing ADRs.
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Announcements abounded: one acquistion, a potential sale, and the first-quarter earning report.
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HARMONY Gold Miningâs hopes of winning control of the rival Gold Fields appeared to be boosted yesterday, as Harmony swung to a first-quarter profit at operating level.
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Harmony Gold Mining today reported a cash operating profit of R133 million for the first quarter of the 2005 financial year. It described this as a &quot;significant turnaround&quot; following the loss of R43.
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The Mooresville, NC-based retailer posted net income of $522 million, or 66 cents a share, compared with $452 million, or 55 cents a share, a year earlier.
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However, the gold miner said earnings were down compared to September last year when a sum of R421 million was posted. - An operating profit of R456 million was achieved despite a lower rand gold price and a small planned reduction in gold produced.
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BOSTON (CBS.MW) -- Franklin Resources has agreed to pay a $5 million fine in connection with charges that it allowed market timing in a fund that prohibited the practice in its prospectus.
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WMC Resources Ltd., which is fighting a takeover bid from Xstrata Plc, will give as much as A$1 billion ($760 million) of cash to shareholders as the world&#39;s fifth-largest nickel producer forecast higher-than-expected profit.
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Investor's Business Daily - 1 Oct. crude shot up $1.68 to $79.91, an all-time high, after the gov&#39;t reported steeper-than-expected drawdowns in supplies. Those stocks fell 7.1 mil barrels last week, far more than the 2.4 mil barrels forecast. Heating oil surged 3.64 cents to $2.2191 a gallon, also a record. Analysts say heating oil supplies aren&#39;t as high as they should be this near to the winter season.
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ConocoPhillips  posted higher fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday, beating Wall Street expectations on record oil prices.
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Electrolux (ELUXb.ST), the world's  largest home appliances maker, reported earnings that undershot  expectations on Tuesday but stuck to its full year outlook.
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Smithfield Foods Inc. SFD.N, the top  U.S. hog and pork producer, on Monday said preliminary earnings  per share for the fiscal third quarter were stronger than Wall  Street expectations, helped by higher hog prices, sending  shares to an all-time high.
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TORONTO (CP) - Resource stocks kept the Toronto stock market on positive ground Wednesday, but record-high oil prices and profit warnings from the tech sector put pressure on New York markets.
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Stellar earnings growth puts Dawson Geophysical in the lead.