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Patterson Cos.  on reported slightly higher quarterly profit Wednesday on increased sales of its dental products.
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General Mills Inc.  on Thursday said quarterly profit edged higher, though increased marketing spending and higher commodity costs tempered the increase.
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Lockheed Martin Corp , said on Tuesday third-quarter profit rose a greater-than-expected 22 percent, and it slightly raised its full-year earnings forecast, on the back of higher sales of its jet fighters and electronic warfare systems.
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Alcoa Inc. AA.N, the world's  biggest aluminum producer, said on Thursday that net income for  the quarter rose slightly, as labor problems and the effect of  Hurricane Ivan offset high aluminum prices.
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Hewlett-Packard Co.  on Wednesday posted a slight rise in quarterly profit, fueled by revenue gains across all of its businesses, and its shares rose more than 2 percent in after-hours trade.
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Package delivery company FedEx Corp  said on Thursday quarterly profit rose despite a slowing U.S. economy.
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Hewlett-Packard Co.HPQ.N on  Wednesday posted a quarterly profit that rose slightly, helped  by gains across all of its businesses.
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Bed Bath &amp; Beyond Inc.  on  Wednesday said quarterly income rose slightly, meeting Wall  Street estimates, as strong sales at established stores offset  costs for stock-based compensation.
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Titan Corp. TTN.N, which provides  technology and translating services to the U.S. military, on  Wednesday reported a slightly higher quarterly profit.
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Citigroup Inc. C.N on Thursday said  quarterly profit rose 12 percent as consumer and investment  banking grew, but said it sees 2005 profit at the low end of  Wall Street estimates due to rising interest rates and other  factors.
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Clorox Co.  on Monday said its quarterly profit rose more than six-fold, driven by gains its transfer of some businesses to Henkel KGaA  and on higher sales and cost-savings.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. eked out a 1 percent increase in quarterly profit on Thursday as a sharp drop in fixed income trading revenue offset record investment banking fees and strong equities income.
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Southern Co. SO.N, which supplies  power to the U.S. Southeast, said Thursday its third-quarter  earnings rose slightly, as increased energy use in the  industrial sector and more customers outweighed mild weather  and hurricane damage.
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Profits at US investment bank Goldman Sachs are better than expected, despite slow summer business.
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DuPont Co. reported a third-quarter profit Tuesday, saying higher sales volumes and local selling prices offset a sharp increase in the cost of energy and raw materials.
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Honda Motor Co. (7267.T) posted a  smaller-than-expected rise in quarterly profit, helped by brisk  sales in Europe and a weak yen that offset a dip in U.S. sales  -- where Honda could not keep up with demand -- and nudged its  full-year forecast higher.
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Carnival Corp. & Plc  , the world's largest cruise operator, posted slightly higher quarterly profit on Tuesday as growth in Europe more than offset weakness in the Caribbean.