Wachovia Profit Rises 14 Percent
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Wachovia Corp. (WB.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the No. 5 US bank, on Friday said third-quarter profit rose 14 percent, helped by increased lending to consumers and a decline in bad loans.
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American Express Co., the consumer finance and travel company, said Monday that its profit rose 14 percent in the third quarter to &#36;879 million, or 69 cents a share. That was in line with analysts' estimates.
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The EchoStar Communications Corporation said fourth-quarter profit rose 15 percent as a result of an increase in subscribers.
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Net income rose 14% to $475 million, or 47 cents a share, thanks to a 15% increase in sales at its Duracell battery unit, which benefited from the series of hurricanes that hit Florida and other parts of the Southeast US during the period.
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Wachovia Corp  on Friday posted  a 10 percent decline in quarterly profit, missing forecasts, as  the fourth-largest U.S. bank suffered $1.3 billion of  write-downs at its investment banking unit.
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The food company said that strong performance from its commodities trading group helped it overcome the cost of a pot pie recall and post a 15 percent jump in 2nd-quarter earnings.
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CHARLOTTE, NC - Financial services firm Wachovia Corp. said Friday that third-quarter earnings increased as declining retail brokerage activity was offset by higher revenue in wealth management and investment banking segments.
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Wachovia Corp , the fourth-largest U.S. bank, on Tuesday said quarterly profit fell a larger-than-expected 98 percent, hurt by write-downs relating to turmoil in mortgage and credit markets.
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Walgreen Co.  on Monday said  quarterly profit rose 14.2 percent, aided by higher sales of  prescription medications, and said it would look at more  acquisitions as the drugstore industry consolidates.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C.  -- National bank Wachovia Corp. said Tuesday its fourth-quarter earnings tumbled 98 percent due to a $1.7 billion reduction in the value of certain portfolios and $1.5 billion set aside to cover bad loans.
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Investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. said on Wednesday first-quarter profit rose 14 percent, as real estate and strong equity markets helped lift trading profits even with weakness in subprime mortgages.
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Wachovia Corp. WB.N, the No. 4 U.S.  bank, on Wednesday said fourth-quarter profit rose as its  results included the impact of its acquisition of SouthTrust  Corp.
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The Dow Jones industrial average rose above 14,000 for the first time on Tuesday, boosted by optimism about corporate profits.
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Wachovia Corp  posted on Friday a 10 percent decline in third-quarter profit, missing forecasts, as the fourth-largest U.S. bank suffered $1.3 billion of write-downs at its investment banking unit.
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American Express Co., the fourth- largest US credit-card issuer, said quarterly profit climbed 14 percent to a record as customers spent more on travel and carried larger loan balances.
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The company posted quarterly net profit of $904 million and revenue of $6.22 billion, up 29 percent from a year earlier.
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Washington Post Co. (WPO.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday that quarterly profit jumped, beating analysts&#39; forecasts, boosted by results at its Kaplan education unit and television broadcasting operations.