Marriott profit falls 5 pct, but tops view
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Marriott International Inc.  on Thursday said its third-quarter net income fell 5 percent on flat sales, but the top U.S. hotel operator's profit still beat Wall Street expectations.
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Hotel operator Marriott International Inc. said its third-quarter earnings rose 45 percent as growing demand for rooms helped drive revenue up 9 percent.
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Freddie Mac yesterday reported that its second-quarter profit fell by nearly half, in part because it set aside more money to cover expected losses from defaults on mortgages.
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Kimberly-Clark Corp. KMB.N on Monday  posted higher third-quarter profit but fell short of Wall  Street expectations as it dealt with price competition and  higher raw material costs, sending its shares down 5 percent
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Marriott International, the largest US hotel operator, Thursday said third-quarter profit rose 45% as room rates grew faster than occupancy for the first time in three years.
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Commercial truck maker Navistar  International Corp. NAV.N reported higher quarterly earnings  on Thursday, but its shares fell more than 5 percent as the  market focused on lower-than-expected profit from its core  manufacturing operations.
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Bear Stearns Cos., the fifth-biggest U.S. investment bank, said Thursday fiscal second-quarter profit sank as a downturn in the U.S. mortgage market slammed the company's business of issuing and dealing bonds backed by pools of home loans.
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Marriott International Inc. , the top U.S. hotel operator, on Thursday reported an increase in second-quarter profit on higher room rates and robust travel demand.
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Marriott International Inc. (MAR.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the largest US 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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U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley  MWD.N on Wednesday said quarterly profit dropped 34 percent  amid reduced trading revenue, falling well short of Wall  Street's already-lowered expectations and pushing the company's  shares down more than 8 percent.
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Marriott International Inc.  on Thursday said its third-quarter net income fell 5 percent on flat sales that were hurt by a loss in its synthetic fuel business.
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Top U.S. consumer electronics retailer Best Buy Co. Inc.  said on Tuesday its quarterly profit fell, dragged down by sales of lower margin products.
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The Tokyo stock market&#39;s main index slipped Monday on profit-taking after a five-day rally, with travel-related issues taking a beating after a powerful earthquake and deadly tidal waves wreaked havoc around Asia.
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKa.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the wide-ranging conglomerate run by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, said on Friday third-quarter profit fell sharply
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Operating profits slipped 5.5 percent at Cingular Wireless LLC despite gains in both subscribers and revenue in what was likely the last full quarter before the company's completes its &#36;41 billion purchase of AT&amp;T Wireless Services Inc.
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Samsung Electronics , the world's top memory chip maker, reported a smaller-than-expected 5 percent drop in quarterly profit on Friday after a steep fall in computer memory chip prices overshadowed improvements in flat screens.
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The largest U.S. mortgage lender said quarterly profit slid 33 percent and slashed its full-year earnings outlook, citing rising defaults as the housing market slumps.