News Corp posts 28% rise in profit
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RUPERT MURDOCHâS News Corp media empire has posted a 28 per cent rise in quarterly profit as strong results in newspapers, broadcast and cable television countered weaker performances in its film and Italian pay-TV divisions.
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NEW YORK  - Washington Post Co.  said on Friday that quarterly profit jumped, boosted by results at its Kaplan education unit and television broadcasting operations.
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News Corp. reported net profit of $536 million for its first quarter, up 27 percent on the same period last year. Revenues rose by 12 percent to $5.
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Time Warner Inc., the world's largest  media company, on Friday said its quarterly net profit rose by  76 percent, boosted by digital video, high-speed Internet and  higher advertising sales at its cable networks.
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SYDNEY : Rupert Murdoch said his US-bound media giant News Corp. is on the &quot;cusp of a new and more prosperous era&quot; as it reported a jump in earnings and rival mogul John Malone moved to increase his stake in the company.
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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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Media conglomerate Time Warner Inc.  said on Wednesday that fourth-quarter profit rose more than 30 percent, boosted by asset sales, more digital cable and phone customers, and a rise in AOL advertising sales.
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Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corporation, basking in the glow of its successful shift to the United States, has unveiled a 27 per cent rise in first quarter profit and declared it is on the cusp of a new and more profitable era.
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Barclays Bank announces a pre-tax profit of Â£7.14bn in 2006 - up by 35% on the previous year.
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British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc, Rupert Murdoch&#39;s UK pay-television company, said fiscal first- quarter profit rose 3 percent as it gained more subscribers than analysts expected.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp posted a  moderate rise in fiscal second-quarter profit on higher  advertising sales at its Fox News channel and the Fox  television network, offsetting a decline in its movie studio  business.
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The companyâs second-quarter profit rose 37 percent after factoring in losses from assets it sold, but on a continuing basis results fell on buyout costs at its newspapers.
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Defense contractor BAE Systems PLC reported a 28 percent gain in first-half net profit Wednesday, with a boost from its expanding operations in the United States.
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Web search leader Google Inc.  reported on Thursday a 28 percent rise in profits that fell short of consensus expectations, as a recent jump in operating expenses offset market share gains against rivals.
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The New York Times Co  reported higher profit and revenue on Tuesday because of a rise in national advertising and circulation revenue, a contrast to a downbeat earnings season for U.S. newspaper publishers.
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The New York Times Co  reported higher profit and revenue on Tuesday because of a rise in national advertising and circulation revenue, a contrast to a downbeat earnings season for other U.S. newspaper publishers.
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The company said it earned $52 million in the fourth quarter on strong U.S. and international sales. Its shares climbed more than 7 percent in morning trading.