Costco Profit Increases 10%
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CHICAGO, Dec. 14  â The Costco Wholesale Corporation posted a better-than-expected 10 percent rise in first-quarter profit Thursday, helped by a big jump in membership fees.
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Sysco Corp. SYY.N, the largest U.S.  distributor of food to restaurants and hospitals, on Monday  said quarterly profit rose as an extra week in the period and  cost control measures helped offset the higher food prices that  were slowing demand.
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ISSAQUAH, Wash. -- Discount retailing giant Costco Wholesale Corp. said Thursday that profits grew 21 percent in its fiscal first quarter, thanks to higher sales and more revenue from membership fees.
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Williams-Sonoma Inc. WSM.N on  Wednesday posted a better-than-expected 55 percent increase in  quarterly profit, sending its stock up 10 percent, as sales  jumped at its Pottery Barn chain.
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Issaquah-based Costco Wholesale Corp. reported better-than-expected financial results on a number of fronts Thursday, and was rewarded by investors who bid up its shares by more than 4 percent.
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French bank Societe Generale SA on Tuesday posted a 10.3 percent increase in third-quarter net profit, boosted by higher revenues from international retail banking and a better-than-expected result at its corporate investment banking operations.
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Comcast Corp. CMCSA.O, the top U.S.  cable operator, on Thursday reported its quarterly net profit  rose 10 percent, boosted by more high-speed Internet customers.
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Costco Wholesale Corp. , the largest U.S. warehouse club, posted a 21 percent increase in quarterly profit on Thursday.
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Communications equipment maker Ciena Corp.  reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday on sharply higher revenue and lower expenses, sending its shares as much as 10 percent higher.
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Caterpillar Inc.  said on Friday its profit in the latest quarter rose more than 10 percent on strong sales to mining, energy and construction customers outside the United States.
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Fourth-quarter earnings rose 42 percent from a year ago as profit margins at its U.S. stores improved despite higher commodity costs.
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Costco Wholesale Corp. reported a 5 percent increase in November sales at stores open at least a year.
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The large maker of business software applications said its third-quarter profit rose 10 percent on an increase in license sales.
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Costco Wholesale Corp. reported a 5  percent increase in November sales at stores open at least a  year.
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Costco Wholesale Corp. COST.O, the  largest U.S. warehouse club, on Thursday posted a 21 percent  rise in quarterly profit but its shares fell after it failed to  beat expectations.
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The Kroger Company, the nationâs biggest supermarket chain, said fourth-quarter profit rose more than analysts had anticipated as discounts spurred sales.
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Sysco Corp., the country&#39;s largest food service distributor, Monday said profit for its latest quarter rose 8 percent, as it increased sales and trimmed expenses despite the hurricanes in the Southeast.