Toll Brothers Profit Down 44 Percent
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Home builder Toll Brothers Inc. today reported a 44 percent drop in quarterly profit but predicted the slumping U.S. housing market may have hit bottom, particularly in the Washington region.
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Toll Brothers Inc., the largest U.S.  builder of luxury homes, on Thursday said its quarterly net  earnings fell sharply, after a goodwill impairment charge and a  writedown for the lower value of land and as the housing market  continued to flounder.
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Luxury home builder Toll Brothers Inc.   on Thursday said it expects to report a 19-percent drop  in home-building revenue.
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Luxury home builder Toll Brothers  posted a 79 percent drop in quarterly net income on Thursday, hurt by a downturn in the U.S. housing market.
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The loss, which came to $3.41 a share, was in contrast to a profit of $45.4 million, or 97 cents a share, in the quarter a year earlier.
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Annual results show a drop in profits despite better efficiency.
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The wood products company said Thursday that its fourth-quarter profit fell sharply from a year ago, when it posted a big gain from the sale of forest land.
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The commercial insurer said profit declined on lower premiums and investment income, but the results still beat Wall Street expectations.
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The newspaper publisher and television station operator said fourth-quarter profit dropped 70 percent, hurt by a write-down and less political advertising revenue.
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The power company said fourth-quarter profit fell to $271 million, hurt by discontinued operations and higher plant maintenance costs.
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Toll Brothers Inc., a US builder of luxury homes, said Wednesday fiscal third-quarter profit rose 56 percent, easily beating analysts&#39; forecasts, helped by record home-building revenue.
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Toll Brothers Inc. TOL.N on Thursday  said quarterly profit nearly doubled and raised its outlook for  the new fiscal year, citing strong demand for its luxury homes.
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U.S. Steel Corp  said on Tuesday third-quarter profit fell 35 percent because of weaker tubular steel prices and declines in European shipments, and said its fourth-quarter earnings would be even lower.
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Toll Brothers , the leading  U.S. luxury home builder, reported fiscal quarterly profit rose  3 percent on higher home prices, but the company lowered its  earnings forecast for the year in another signal of a slowing  U.S. home market.
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Luxury home builder Toll Brothers  said quarterly profit fell 79 percent, hurt by the U.S. housing slump, but its shares rose along with those of other builders on Thursday after government data showed a better-than-expected rise in new home sales.