UPDATE 4-Krispy Kreme profit plunges, stock hammered
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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc.(KKD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday reported a sharp drop in quarterly profit and signaled that business may not recover any
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If investors thought things could only get better for Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (KKD:NYSE - news - research) after its disastrous summer, Monday&#39;s third-quarter debacle proved them wrong.
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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. on Tuesday  said it would restate financial statements for its 2004 fiscal  year due to errors in how it accounted for the repurchase of  franchises, which could reduce earnings more than the company  had previously forecast.
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U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday after a  profit warning from Coca-Cola Co. KO.N renewed concern about  corporate profits and a Goldman Sachs survey revealed softening  corporate spending on technology.
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Kroger Co. KR.N, the largest U.S.  grocer, on Tuesday reported a 25 percent drop in quarterly  profit, hurt by debt redemption costs.
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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. on Tuesday  said it would restate its fiscal 2004 financial reports due to  accounting errors, which could reduce earnings more than the  company had previously forecast, and said it may have to  further restate results for 2004 and 2005.
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Family Dollar Stores Inc. posted a nearly 10 percent drop in its fourth-quarter earnings Thursday, saying the &quot;difficult economic environment&quot; was hurting its performance.
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Shares of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. (KKD.N) fell more than 17 percent before the bell on Thursday after the doughnut chain posted sharply lower quarterly earnings and signaled that the second half of the year would be weak.
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Stocks to watch: KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS INC.
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Marks & Spencer PLC shares plunged on Wednesday after the food and fashion company reported a drop in Christmas sales, confirming fears of weakened consumer spending in Britain.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc., which has been transformed from Wall Street's darling into the bane of carb-conscious consumers, scaled back its expansion plans Thursday after posting second-quarter profits that fell far short of expectations...
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Stocks declined sharply today as mixed post-Thanksgiving results from retailers fed into concerns about the slowing economy.
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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. KKD.N on  Thursday posted sharply lower quarterly earnings, signaled that  the second half of the year would be weak and scaled back store  openings after it was battered by the low-carbohydrate diet  craze.
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Shares of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. (KKD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) fell more than 17 percent before the bell on Thursday after the doughnut chain posted sharply lower quarterly
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It was a bad day yesterday for the doughnut maker Krispy Kreme, a Wall Street darling just a year ago. Reporting its third-quarter earnings, the company, based in Winston-Salem, NC, said
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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. on Thursday said its quarterly profit tumbled by more than half and slashed its sales growth outlook for the rest of the year, wiping 17 percent off the value of its stock.
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Yum Brands Inc.  shares fell 2.4 percent on Friday after an analyst downgraded the stock due to concerns about slowing sales momentum in the United States and difficult upcoming sales comparisons at KFC and Taco Bell.