Amazon expecting profits to slow
500448
Web retailer Amazon.com warns profit growth over the next three months will slow despite a strong Christmas.
558157
It's on track to meet sales targets, but profits might not keep pace.
607308
Plus: Amazon margins a concern...AT&T profit rises...Samsung SDI swings to loss...Outstanding earnings for Apple.
482910
The supermarket chain looks likely to ring up profits for investors, but they should wait for a sale.
169656
United Parcel Service Inc. reported a 7.5 percent increase in fourth-quarter earnings, but said that profit growth would slow this year.
654438
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.
443001
Costco Wholesale Corp.  on  Wednesday warned of lower-than-expected quarterly profit  because of disappointing gross margins and a tax reserve,  sending its shares down 5 percent in premarket trading.
670454
Time Warner Inc  said on Wednesday it expects profit growth to slow in 2008 but possibly exceed Wall Street estimates after it reported quarterly earnings that reflected increases in broadband and phone subscribers and sales of "Harry Potter" and "300" home videos.
765333
BusinessWeek Online - Barnes &amp; Noble  is bracing for disappointing profits this year, as the bookseller struggles to keep customers by lowering prices. Shares of the retailer tumbled 11.4% to $35.56 on Mar. 5, after the company trimmed its forecast for 2007 and plans to close an Internet distribution center.
40502
Amazon.com has reported fourth quarter sales of $3.99 billion, up significantly on the $2.98 billion it achieved a year previously. Although revenue growth continues to be fast despite Amazon's large size and relative maturity, profits are a different story.
191645
Shares of Amazon.com  fell more than 16 percent on Thursday after the online retailer reported earnings that fell short of analysts estimates and raised concerns the company was focusing more on sales than profits.
666929
By JESSICA MINTZ SEATTLE - Amazon.com Inc. has taken more than a million pre-orders for the final &quot;Harry Potter&quot; book due out in July, but the world's largest Web retailer won't make a profit, Chief Executive Jeff Bezos told shareholders at the company's annual meeting Thursday.
52055
Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. offered more mixed results for investors, saying its fourth-quarter profits dropped by half as sales jumped 34 percent during the crucial holiday shopping season.
282016
Amazon.com Inc  posted a  decline in profit margins on Wednesday as the cost of  discounting overshadowed a robust rise in quarterly earnings  and a bullish 2008 sales view above Wall Street targets.
539468
Amazon.com Inc. AMZN.O on  Thursday posted a higher quarterly profit on strong  international sales but its stock fell more than 4 percent as  the results from the online retailer failed to top Wall Street  expectations.
530868
The company still isn't profitable, but big gains may be on the horizon.
726852
Heading into the heart of earnings  season this week the expected results look robust, but a  slowing of future profit growth and the impact of surging oil  prices on the economy could conspire to hold down stocks.