Williams-Sonoma reports lower quarterly profit
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Williams-Sonoma Inc. , the  upscale home furnishings retailer, reported lower quarterly  profit Wednesday, citing challenging sales in its core brands.
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Tool maker Black & Decker Corp   said on Thursday quarterly profit fell due to the weak U.S.  housing market and higher commodity prices, but weakness in the  dollar boosted overseas sales.
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Home goods retailer Williams-Sonoma Inc  reported a decline in its holiday same-store sales on Tuesday and gave a weak outlook for the current quarter and upcoming fiscal year, sending its shares down 11 percent in morning trade.
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Costco Wholesale Corp. COST.O on   Wednesday warned of lower-than-expected quarterly profit   because of disappointing margins, as customers cut back on   purchases of big-ticket discretionary items such as furniture,   sending shares down nearly 5 percent.
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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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Home goods retailer Williams-Sonoma Inc  reported a decline in its holiday same-store sales on Tuesday and gave a weak outlook for the current quarter and upcoming fiscal year, sending its shares down 15 percent in premarket trade.
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Safeway Inc. , the third-largest U.S. grocer, on Tuesday reported a lower quarterly profit as it grappled with lingering costs from a labor strike in California earlier this year.
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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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Texas Instruments Inc.  posted a lower quarterly profit on weak demand for its calculators, and gave a disappointing revenue forecast for the third quarter, sending shares down 3 percent on Monday.
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Upscale housewares retailer Williams-Sonoma Inc.  on Tuesday said sales at its stores open at least a year were flat over the eight-week holiday period compared with a year earlier.
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Toll Brothers Inc.  on Thursday said the weak U.S. housing market drove down its quarterly profit 67 percent after write-downs for lower land values, and the luxury home builder lowered its forecast.
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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.
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc  on Thursday posted lower quarterly profit and forecast future earnings below Wall Street expectations amid pressures on its timeshare business.
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Williams-Sonoma Inc.  on  Thursday said quarterly net profit rose, but it slashed its  outlook for the rest of the year, citing disappointing sales at  its Pottery Barn home decor chain and macroeconomic factors.
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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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AnnTaylor Stores Corp  posted  lower quarterly profit on Friday as the women&#39;s apparel  retailer suffered weak customer traffic at its Ann Taylor and  LOFT chains, forcing markdowns on many items.
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Williams-Sonoma Inc. WSM.N on  Thursday posted a rise in third-quarter earnings, but the  housewares retailer lowered its fourth-quarter forecast, citing  volatile sales trends and demand for furniture that is  outstripping supply.