DuPont raises 2008 earnings forecast
496185
Chemical maker DuPont Co  on Wednesday raised its 2008 earnings forecast on strength in emerging markets and its agriculture and nutrition segment, sending its shares up nearly 4 percent in premarket trading.
11643
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.
566580
FedEx Corp. (FDX.N) on Monday raised its earnings forecast for the fiscal first quarter and full year, citing strong demand for its international express, ground and less-than-truckload services.
377994
Drugmaker Merck & Co. Inc.  boosted its 2007 earnings forecast on Wednesday, citing better-than-expected sales of multiple products, including its cancer vaccine Gardasil and diabetes drug Januvia.
356638
Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. , said  on Thursday that quarterly net income rose on stronger domestic  beer shipments.
242071
Wall Street is raising estimates of second-quarter earnings growth, estimating profits will be up 5.9 percent on average, according to Reuters Estimates, which compiles analysts' forecasts weekly for the Standard & Poor's 500 index .
218452
The drug maker said net income rose 6 percent to $926.3 million and it raised its outlook for the year.
542285
DuPont Co. DD.N posted a quarterly  profit on Tuesday but warned that high energy prices will  dampen global economic growth for the rest of the year.
525671
DuPont Co , one of the  largest U.S. chemical makers, said on Tuesday that third-quarter profit rose more than 8 percent on strong sales from its agriculture and nutrition segment, coupled with overseas growth.
146441
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp  on Thursday posted a higher quarterly profit as client assets grew and trading activity rose, prompting the discount brokerage to boost its 2008 profit forecast.
46576
DOVER, Del.  -- Chemicals maker DuPont said Tuesday fourth-quarter earnings fell 37 percent from a year earlier, when one-time items bolstered the bottom line.
44370
Nucor Corp. NUE.N, one of the top  U.S. steelmakers, raised its quarterly profit forecast as much  as 44 percent on Thursday due to surging steel prices, sending  its shares to more than 20-year highs.
603742
Chemicals group DuPont Co.  said  on Monday it expects 2006 net earnings per share of $3.25,  helped by 39 cents per share, or $370 million, in one-time  items, up from its it previous estimate of $2.86 per share.
222575
The printer maker also predicted better-than-expected first quarter earnings, sending shares up.
449499
Cisco Systems Inc. , the largest maker of communications gear to direct traffic over the Internet, on Tuesday said quarterly earnings rose, benefiting from higher sales in advanced technologies and the impact of a year-earlier accounting change.
187282
DuPont Co. , the No. 2 U.S. chemical maker, on Tuesday posted a lower quarterly profit after a large tax gain a year earlier and forecast earnings growth in 2005.
319654
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.