DuPont raises 2007, 2008 earnings outlooks
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Chemical maker DuPont Co  on Wednesday increased its 2007 financial outlook to reflect stronger-than-expected results in the fourth quarter and also raised expectations for 2008.
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DuPont Co.  posted a third-quarter profit, reversing a year-ago loss, as higher chemical prices offset surging energy costs, the second-largest U.S. chemicals maker said on Tuesday.
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B/E Aerospace Inc.  said on Monday that quarterly operating profit rose 78 percent on higher sales and bigger margins and the world's largest maker of plane seats raised its 2007 earnings outlook.
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Higher prices and increased marketing helped sales, and it raised its full-year 2008 forecast.
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The generics drugmaker forecasts its 2008 financials.
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The DuPont Company, the chemical giant, said Tuesday that fourth-quarter earnings rose before special items, in part because of increased profit from its performance materials business and strong agricultural sales in Brazil.
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WPP is upbeat on the outlook for  the advertising industry 2008 as it posts a rise in revenues.
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NEW YORK/GROTON, Connecticut  - Pfizer Inc.  raised its 2006 profit forecast on Thursday and said its roster of experimental drugs in late-stage testing could triple by 2009, sending its shares higher.
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Amgen releases 2007 financial results and guidance for 2008.
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The company raises earnings guidance, boosting the stock.
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DuPont Co. posted a third-quarter profit Tuesday, reversing a year-ago loss as higher chemical prices offset surging energy costs, the second-largest US chemicals manufacturer said.
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Wall Street stocks edged higher on Wednesday after DuPont's earnings outlook cheered investors but as Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) forecast the US economy would fall into recession this year and MBIA (NYSE:MBI), a bond insurer, slashed its dividend.
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Pepsi Bottling Group Inc.  on Tuesday said quarterly profit rose 9.5 percent, helped by price increases in several markets, leading the bottler to raise its full-year earnings forecast.
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UnitedHealth Group Inc. , which is trying to emerge from a stock options scandal, forecast 2007 net earnings of between $4.7 billion and $4.75 billion on Tuesday, a rise of about 14 percent on better-than-expected revenue.
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Humana Inc.  said on Monday that quarterly net profit more than doubled on strong Medicare membership growth, which prompted the health insurer to raise its 2007 earnings forecast.
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Pepsi Bottling Group Inc.  on Tuesday reported higher quarterly profit, helped by price increases it placed on its drinks, and raised its full-year forecast.
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Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc.   posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings on  Friday and raised its outlook for the full year, bolstered by  strong sales to the mining industry.