Profit Falls 42% at Capital One
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The Capital One Financial Corporation, the credit card issuer, said Wednesday that fourth-quarter profit fell 42 percent as more borrowers failed to repay their debts.
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UBS AG, Europe&#39;s biggest bank, said third-quarter profit fell 1 percent as gains from managing funds for millionaires cushioned a drop in investment-banking earnings.
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J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM.N said   on Wednesday profit fell in the third quarter, hurt by costs  related to its July merger with Bank One Corp.
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3M Co  said on Tuesday fourth-quarter earnings fell as last year's results included a gain for selling a business.
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Wells Fargo & Co  on Wednesday said its fourth-quarter profit fell 38 percent, the first decline in more than six years, hurt by rising losses from home equity loans.
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Capital One Financial Corp , a  credit card issuer and bank, said on Wednesday that  fourth-quarter earnings fell on rising credit card loan losses  and losses related to a shut-down mortgage unit.
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Bank of America Corp, the second-largest U.S. bank, posted a much larger-than-expected 32 percent drop in quarterly profit on Thursday, hurt by mounting credit losses and dismal investment banking results.
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The bank said its fourth-quarter earnings fell sharply,  to $268 million from $5.26 billion a year earlier, hurt by mounting credit losses and weak investment banking results.
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Alliance & Leicester reports a 30% fall in annual profits following the recent credit market turmoil.
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YESTERDAY Close $45.95 Change -$0.51 52-WEEK High $51.50 Low $33.73 The medical research and services company Charles River Laboratories International Inc. of Wilmington said fourth-quarter profit dropped 30 percent due in large part to a year-ago provision for income taxes.
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Capital One Financial Corp.   shares fell more than 7 percent early Friday after the No. 4  MasterCard and Visa card issuer said British credit losses,  lower U.S. margins and rising costs caused profit to miss Wall  Street forecasts.
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Third-quarter profit fell 1 percent, as stronger sales of almost all of the companyâs key drugs could not offset higher production costs and taxes and a restructuring charge.
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Banking company KeyCorp said Friday its profits fell 9 percent in fourth-quarter, reflecting a &#36;46 million charge to account for the sale of a home equity loan portfolio and plans to sell a car loan portfolio.
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Merck & Co. MRK.N on Thursday  reported a 28 percent drop in quarterly profit and said 2004  earnings will fall as much as 11 percent due to last month's  recall of its Vioxx arthritis drug.
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Lehman Brothers, the first of the big US investment banks to report results, unveils a dip in quarterly profits.
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Net income at the bank fell to $1.69 billion in the third quarter, hurt by write-downs related to difficult credit market conditions.
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Diversified manufacturer Tyco International Ltd.  on Tuesday said quarterly net profit slipped on charges to pare debt and sell assets, and its shares fell 4 percent on lower-than-expected sales and rising inventory.