Liberty Media 3rd-Quarter Profit Soars; Sales Double
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Liberty Media Corp., which is controlled by cable-television investor John Malone, said profit in the third quarter rose ninefold and sales more than doubled, helped by Liberty&#39;s purchase of the QVC shopping network.
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Google Inc. reported Thursday that sales and profit more than doubled in third quarter, despite an expense of more than $200 million, as the company issued its first quarterly financial report since going public.
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Yahoo Inc. reported yesterday that its profit more than tripled in the third quarter as the Internet service recorded substantial increases in advertising and a giant gain from the sale of part of its stake in rival Google Inc.
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Research in Motion Ltd.'s fiscal third-quarter profit more than doubled on strong demand for its BlackBerry smart phones and related services by consumers and businesses.
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The open-source software provider said that its third quarter profit rose as a surge in subscriptions helped offset increased spending on marketing and research.
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The drugmaker said its third-quarter earnings more than doubled on a surge in sales of its blood thinner Plavix, and it raised its outlook for adjusted 2007 earnings.
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Research In Motion reported a sharply higher third-quarter profit on Tuesday as sales more than doubled on sizzling demand for its BlackBerry wireless e-mail device.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc  said on Thursday that quarterly profit surged 79 percent, blowing away expectations of weak results, as the investment bank generated its second-highest revenue ever despite turbulent summer markets.
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Ask Jeeves Inc.  posted a higher third-quarter profit as Web-search advertising continued to fuel revenue growth.
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A quarterly profit of $3.2 billion was driven by increased trading volume and merger activity.
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Storage maker EMC&#39;s profit increased dramatically compared to last year&#39;s third quarter, lifted again by continued growth of its VMware subsidiary and EMC&#39;s recent sale of a slice of the company.
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Third-quarter net income rose 7.4 percent to $960 million, helped by strong demand in international markets. The company also raised its full-year profit outlook.
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Internet search engine Google Inc said its net profit and sales more than doubled in the third quarter, spurring a spectacular jump in its share price.
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The Swedish-Finnish telecommunications operator TeliaSonera reported a record profit in the third quarter despite stagnant sales as associated companies posted a tripling of income.
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Viacom Inc. VIAb.N on  Thursday said its quarterly profit from continuing operations  rose 12 percent on higher cable network advertising sales and  announced a larger-than-expected stock repurchase, sending its  shares up 3 percent.
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Siebel (Nasdaq: SEBL) topped expectations in its  third-quarter earnings results, registering a profit, higher sales and an increase in software-license revenue from the previous quarter.
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Liberty Media Corp. (LN: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday posted an eight-fold gain in quarterly net profit following the purchase of a majority stake in shopping network QVC and a large gain on the sale of assets.