PG&E posts lower quarterly earnings
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California utility PG&E Corp.  posted lower fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday, hurt by severance costs from streamlining operations at its Pacific Gas & Electric utility.
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Oil and gas producer Kerr-McGee Corp. (KMG) on Wednesday reported a fall in quarterly profit, citing a writedown related to a pigment plant and higher environmental charges.
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Chevron Corp. , the No. 2 U.S. oil company, said on Friday its fourth-quarter profit fell, pulled down by weaker natural gas prices and refining margins.
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With lower prices in North America, Schlumberger's quarterly results came in short.
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Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. saw a 34 percent drop in profit during the latest quarter, mainly because of a lower contribution from the utility company's power-generating unit PSEG Power.
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TORONTO (CP) - Stock markets were lower Monday morning on a mixed series of earnings reports and oil prices that continued to hover around the $55 US a barrel level.
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The chemical maker reported a quarterly profit that was lower than expected, in part due to weak demand from the housing and auto markets.
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U.S. home goods retailer Bed Bath & Beyond Inc  posted a lower quarterly profit on Thursday and warned its fourth-quarter results would be lower than expected, sending its shares down almost 10 percent.
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Prudential Financial Inc. , the  second-largest U.S. life insurer, on Wednesday reported its  quarterly earnings fell by 44 percent, missing analysts'  estimates and sending its shares down 5.5 percent.
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Fourth-quarter profit fell by 9 percent as energy prices declined, but the company still ended up with its third consecutive year of record earnings.
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Toll Brothers Inc. , which builds luxury homes, on Tuesday reported lower quarterly earnings amid continuing softness in some of the once-hottest U.S. housing markets.
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Texas Instruments Inc.  posted a lower quarterly profit on weak demand for its calculators and other products, and gave a disappointing revenue forecast for the third quarter, sending shares down 3 percent on Monday.
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Analog chipmaker National Semiconductor Corp.  posted a lower quarterly profit on Thursday as revenue fell 20 percent, but orders rose from the prior period and its shares climbed.
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DuPont Co. , the No. 2 U.S. chemical maker, on Tuesday posted a lower quarterly profit after a large tax gain a year earlier and forecast earnings growth in 2005.
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Campbell Soup Co. CPB.N on Monday   posted lower quarterly profits, pressured by costs from the   sale of its U.K. and Irish businesses, pushing its shares down   more than 2 percent.
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Oil giant BP Plc  posted a lower-than-expected 12 percent drop in fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday as production fell and taxes rose but investors were disappointed by scaled back growth plans and rising costs.
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U.S. oil and gas producer XTO Energy  Inc.  on Tuesday said its fourth-quarter profit fell as  lower natural gas prices weighed on results.