BellSouth Reports Lower Quarter Earnings
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BellSouth Corp. BLS.N, the No. 3  U.S. telecommunications company, on Tuesday said its  fourth-quarter operating earnings fell due to lower profits  from its stake in Cingular Wireless and higher costs in its  wireline telephone business.
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Campbell Soup Co  posted lower  quarterly profit on Friday, hurt by higher commodity costs and  promotional spending.
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BellSouth Corp. (BLS.N) said on Wednesday its new labor contract had triggered a &#36;3.3 billion increase in its estimates of future retiree medical costs, reducing fourth-quarter earnings by 3 cents to 4 cents a share.
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Kraft Foods Inc. KFT.N on Tuesday  posted lower quarterly profit, weighed down by restructuring  charges.
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BellSouth Corp. (BLS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday its new labor contract had triggered a $3.3 billion increase in its estimates of future retiree medical costs, reducing fourth-quarter earnings by 3 cents to 4 ...
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Comcast Corp , the largest U.S. cable TV operator, posted a 54 percent drop in quarterly net profit as fierce competition caused it to lose more basic video subscribers than expected, sending its shares down 10 percent on Thursday.
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Telecom equipment maker Ericsson   reported on Friday lower-than-expected operating  profit of 7.6 billion Swedish crowns ($1.20 billion) in the  fourth quarter and announced major cost cuts.
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UTStarcom Inc. on Tuesday said its third-quarter profit plummeted, but beat Wall Street expectations. The networking products company reported earnings of $5 million, or 4 cents per share, down from $59.
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Time Warner has reported revenue growth of 5% for its third quarter, but net income declined. The company may also have to restate its financial results for 2002 in connection with the investigation of accounting
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BellSouth Corp. BLS.N said on  Wednesday its new labor contract had triggered a $3.3 billion  increase in its estimates of future retiree medical costs,  reducing fourth-quarter earnings by 3 cents to 4 cents a share.
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Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s Ratings Services on Tuesday (Sept. 28) lowered its long-term ratings on Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) BellSouth Corp.
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Sales were lower than expected, and the quality of earnings is in question.
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BellSouth Corp. BLS.N on Monday  said third-quarter earnings fell due to hurricane damage in the  southeastern U.S.
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Verizon Communications, the second-largest U.S. telephone company, said fourth-quarter profit declined 38 percent because of costs to build a fiber-optic network and shed assets.
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Profit fell 94 percent in the third quarter as sales fell in the companyâs cell phone business, but it forecast better-than-expected fourth-quarter results.
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Texas Instruments Inc  reported lower quarterly profit and revenue on Monday as weak demand for calculators outweighed improving sales of advanced phones that use its wireless chips.
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Verizon Communications Inc., the nation's second largest telecommunications company, on Monday reported third-quarter earnings fell by a third from a year ago due to tax charges.