Monsanto Net Loss Narrows, Shares Fall
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.  - Monsanto Co. MON.N on  Wednesday posted a narrower quarterly loss on higher seed sales  even as the agribusiness company struggled with stiff  competition and looming legal liabilities.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.  - Monsanto Co. MON.N on  Wednesday posted a narrower quarterly net loss as the  agricultural chemicals and crop company took a reserve of $284  million for legal problems, but saw a jump in seed sales.
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Stocks extended losses on Friday, with the Dow dropping more than 200 points, on worry about the economy after manufacturer Caterpillar Inc  cut its profit outlook.
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri  - Monsanto Co.  reported on Thursday that quarterly earnings jumped 71 percent, driven by surging sales of its genetically modified corn and other seeds, sending its shares higher in early trade.
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Restructuring charges of $44 million contributed to Monsanto&#39;s reported fourth-quarter 2004 loss of $42 million, compared to a loss of $188 million in the same quarter last year.
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Dillard's Inc. DDS.N on Wednesday  reported a narrower quarterly loss as the department store  operator cut costs.
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Dean Foods Co  reported lower-than-expected fourth-quarter profit and said it was uncertain about raw milk costs in 2008, sending its shares down as much as 8.5 percent.
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Altria Group Inc. MO.N on Wednesday  said quarterly profit fell 6.9 percent, weighed down by  one-time charges at its Kraft Foods business and increased  exposure to airline industry losses at its financial services  unit.
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Cal-Maine Foods Inc., the nation&#39;s largest egg producer, on Monday said it took a loss for the second quarter ended Nov. 27 as lower prices and lagging demand eroded its bottom-line results.
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U.S. stocks ended down on Tuesday, pressured by disappointing results from consumer electronics chain Best Buy Inc.  and a weak forecast from steel maker Nucor Inc.
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Stocks declined on Tuesday, weighed down by losses in the technology sector after microchip maker National Semiconductor Corp.  cut its quarterly revenue forecast.
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The Dow industrials and S&P 500 index pared early gains to edge lower on Tuesday after Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  announced cuts in capital expenditures, offsetting optimism about earnings.
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A Brazilian court has temporarily halted royalty payments to agriculture biotech giant Monsanto Co. by a farmers' group using its herbicide-resistant soy seed in a country where the company long has struggled to collect the fees.
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Stock index futures fell before the start of Wall Street trading on Thursday with the focus on quarterly earnings from agriculture company Monsanto , jobs data and the Iowa presidential election caucuses.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.  - Agriculture products company  Monsanto Co. MON.N on Monday said it will buy vegetable and  fruit seed company Seminis Inc. for about $1 billion from a  private equity firm to capitalize on the trend toward healthier  eating and enhance its seed portfolio.
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Biotechnology stocks moved lower Friday as Genentech Inc. and OSI Pharmaceuticals lost value despite an earlier-than-expected approval of their lung cancer drug Tarceva.
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Farming supply retailer Tractor Supply  Co. TSCO.O on Monday reported that its earnings fell in the  third quarter because of higher freight costs, higher costs for  steel and other commodities and a shift in sales to lower  margin hurricane-related items.