Build-a-Bear Profit Declines
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The retailer posted a 36 percent fall in fourth-quarter profit, hurt by costs related to an inventory write-off, and said it would open only about half the number of stores it opened in 2007.
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Winnebago Industries Inc.  posted a weaker-than-expected profit on Friday as cautious buyers turned to motor homes that cost more to make and had lower profit margins and nervous dealers continued to cut inventories.
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U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday after a  profit warning from Coca-Cola Co. KO.N renewed concern about  corporate profits and a Goldman Sachs survey revealed softening  corporate spending on technology.
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Bear Stearns Cos. said yesterday its profit plunged 62 percent in the third quarter as turbulence in the debt market and wrong-way bets on mortgages crunched the investment bank's credit portfolio and bond business.
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U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley  MWD.N on Wednesday said quarterly profit dropped by a third  on sharply lower bond trading revenue and higher expenses,  falling well short of Wall Street's low expectations and  pushing the company's shares down as much as 8 percent.
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Georgia-Pacific Corp.'s GP.N  quarterly net profit fell by almost half, hurt by asbestos  costs, but its key building materials posted record results as  U.S. housing demand stayed strong.
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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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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.
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Investment bank Bear Stearns Cos. Inc. , one of the nation's largest mortgage bond underwriters, said on Thursday quarterly earnings fell by a third as trouble in the mortgage market hurt bond trading revenue and it wrote down assets.
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U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley  MWD.N on Wednesday said quarterly profit dropped by a third  on lower bond trading revenue, weak equities results and higher  expenses, falling short of Wall Street's low expectations and  pushing its shares down as much as 8 percent.
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HOV.N, a builder of high-end homes, on Wednesday said   profits, orders and margins all declined in its most recent   quarter compared with a year earlier, underscoring the   deteriorating U.S. housing sector.
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Lennar Corp. LEN.N, the   third-largest U.S. home builder, on Tuesday said quarterly   profit fell 39 percent, citing a steeper and   faster-than-expected decline in the U.S. housing market.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Australian building products manufacturer James Hardie Industries NV (JHX) surprised investors Monday by reporting a 9.5% drop in net profit for
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A steeper-than-expected drop in the   U.S. housing market pushed Lennar Corp.'s LEN.N quarterly   profit down 39 percent and prompted the home builder on Tuesday   to slash its forecast for the current period.
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The company has signalled profits of between Â£285 million and Â£295 million, down on Â£311 million a year ago, following a poor run of sales.
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Burlington Northern Santa Fe BNI.N,  the No. 2 U.S. rail group, on Tuesday reported a sharp drop in  net profit after taking a charge related to a change in the way  it estimates asbestos and environmental liabilities, but posted  record quarterly revenue.