Moody's Profit Up 43 Pct, Raises Dividend
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Moody's Corp. , the parent of credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service, on Wednesday said fourth-quarter profit rose 43 percent, helped by double-digit revenue growth in its main business lines.
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American Eagle Outfitters Inc.  said on Wednesday quarterly earnings rose 40 percent, helped by strong sales of its namesake brand and good margins.
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European benchmarks advanced, paced by telecommunications shares after Deutsche Telekom AG raised its full-year profit forecast and announced the first dividend in three years.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. LEH.N   on Wednesday said third-quarter earnings rose more than   analysts expected, as trading and investment management revenue   jumped.
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Marriott International Inc. MAR.N,  the largest U.S. hotel operator, on Thursday said third-quarter  profit rose 45 percent as business travel continued to perk up  after three years of stagnation.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ,  said on Tuesday that quarterly profit rose 27 percent, beating  expectations, on surging revenue from bond underwriting and  stock trading.
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Nordstrom Inc.  on Tuesday posted a 34 percent rise in its quarterly profit, helped by a better-than-expected increase in same-store sales as the upscale department store chain focused on keeping a lid on expenses.
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Rising textbook sales and strong growth in international bond ratings at its Standard & Poorâs unit helped lift earnings to $452 million, the company said.
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McDonald's Corp.  third-quarter earnings rose a higher-than-expected 42 percent on a preliminary basis, the world's largest restaurant chain said on Wednesday, citing strong sales in the United States and a lower tax rate.
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The News Corporation, the media company controlled by Rupert Murdoch, said yesterday that its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 27 percent, in part because advertising sales increased at its cable networks, like the Fox News Channel.
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McDonald&#39;s Corp.  on  Wednesday raised its annual dividend by 50 percent as part of a  plan to return up to $17 billion to shareholders through 2009,  sending its shares up more than 2 percent in extended trade.
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The General Electric Company raised its quarterly dividend yesterday to 28 cents a share from 25 cents, in a move aimed at adding bolstering its lackluster share price.
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Boeing Co  said on Wednesday third-quarter profit rose, helped by higher deliveries of commercial planes.
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Satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC reported strong growth in subscribers and a jump in revenue Friday, underpinning a 3 percent rise in quarterly net profit.
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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.
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McDonald&#39;s (MCD:NYSE - news - research) raised its annual dividend by 38% to 55 cents Tuesday, enhancing the yield over an already reasonably priced stock that could benefit from steady earnings growth over the next several years.
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U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  on Thursday said its fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose 22 percent on increased income from mergers, offerings and trading.