Sara Lee posts quarterly loss
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Sara Lee Corp.  posted a quarterly loss on Wednesday, hurt by charges to account for the lower value of some assets.
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CHICAGO - Sara Lee Corp.&#39;s earnings climbed 53 percent in the first fiscal quarter, boosted by a delayed payout from the sale of its European tobacco business, the packaged-foods and apparel company announced Tuesday.
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The electronics company posts a big loss amid a variety of problems the company says are "self-induced." It also warns it expects an operating loss for the current quarter, which includes the rest of the holiday selling season.
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The company said its net loss in the fiscal third quarter ended Dec. 1 was $84.8 million, or 12 cents a share, compared with a net profit of $1.1 million.
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Sara Lee Corp.  on Monday stood  by its sales and earnings targets for the current fiscal year,  as it moves forward after a restructuring in which it sold or  spun off business that had accounted for about 40 percent of  its sales.
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Sara Lee Corp. reaffirmed its forecast for fiscal full-year profit of $1.61 to $1.71 a share. That includes first-quarter profit of 39 cents to 44 cents a share.
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Saks Inc. SKS.N on Tuesday posted a  wider quarterly loss as poor sales at its lower-priced  department stores outweighed a strong performance at its Saks  Fifth Avenue luxury chain.
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Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. on  Wednesday posted a wider quarterly loss and said 2005 sales  would fall short of analysts' average targets.
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D. R. Horton posted a loss of $128.8 million, or 41 cents a share, for the first quarter ended Dec. 31, in contrast to a year-earlier profit of $109.7 million, or 35 cents a share.
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Morgan Stanley  on Wednesday  said it has suffered a $3.7 billion loss stemming from its U.S.  subprime mortgage exposure, which it expects will reduce  fourth-quarter earnings by about $2.5 billion.
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Darden Restaurants Inc. , parent of the Olive Garden and Red Lobster chains, reported a nearly 30 percent drop in quarterly net earnings on Tuesday due to soft sales and higher food and acquisition costs.
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Morgan Stanley  on Wednesday said it has suffered a $3.7 billion loss stemming from its U.S. subprime mortgage exposure, which it expects will reduce fourth-quarter earnings by about $2.5 billion.
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Bear Stearns Cos Inc  on Thursday reported its first quarterly loss in the company's history, capping a fiscal year when the fifth-largest U.S. investment bank took a beating on bad bets on risky subprime mortgages.
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Ruby Tuesday Inc  posted a quarterly net loss on Wednesday, reversing a year-ago profit, as the restaurant chain operator faced falling same-restaurant sales and remodeling costs.
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With housing woes weighing it down, the furniture maker swings to a loss for the quarter.
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Greeting card maker American Greetings   Corp. AM.N posted a worse-than-expected quarterly loss on   Thursday, hurt by costs for rolling out a new strategy for   managing inventory, sending its shares down 10 percent.
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Consumer goods company posts flat 1Q, warns that 2Q profit will come in below Wall Street&#39;s views. CHICAGO  - Sara Lee Corp.