Aetna profit rises, beats Wall Street view
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Aetna Inc  on Thursday posted a better-than-expected third-quarter profit as membership increased, and the health insurer raised its full-year forecast.
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Washington Post Co. WPO.N said on  Friday that quarterly profit jumped, beating analysts'  forecasts, boosted by results at its Kaplan education unit and  television broadcasting operations.
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MBNA Corp., a large credit card  issuer, on Thursday said fourth-quarter profit rose, helped by  improved credit quality.
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Reuters Group Plc RTR.L posted better  than expected full-year profits on Wednesday thanks to  disposals, cost cutting, improving sales and a return to profit  at electronic trading unit Instinet, which it may sell.
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Verizon Communications  said on  Monday its quarterly profit rose and its wireless customer  additions were ahead of analyst estimates.
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Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. ,  which runs the largest U.S. electronic stock exchange, said on  Thursday that its quarterly profit more than tripled on higher  revenues and the strength of new products and customer service  initiatives, beating analysts&#39; estimates.
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Walgreen Co  reported a better-than-expected rise in quarterly profit on Friday as cost controls offset weak sales of flu medications and a recall of cold medicines, sending the drugstore chain's shares up 7 percent.
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U.S. stocks rallied on Thursday, with the S&P 500 touching a six-year high and the Nasdaq jumping more than 1 percent, after higher-than-expected earnings from companies, including Ciena and Costco, improved the outlook for steady profit growth.
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Nasdaq Stock Market Inc , the  second-largest U.S. equities exchange, said on Wednesday that  quarterly profit rose twelvefold, helped by a gain from the  sale of its stake in the London Stock Exchange .
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Merck & Co.  on Monday said its  second-quarter earnings more than doubled on growing demand for  its drugs, blowing past Wall Street expectations, and raised  its full-year profit forecast.
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Time Warner Inc. TWX.N on Friday  posted a higher quarterly net profit boosted by more digital  video and cable high speed Internet customers and higher  advertising sales at the cable networks.
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Electronic Data Systems Corp. reported a  higher quarterly profit on Wednesday, boosted by a surge in new  orders for its technology services.
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Verizon Communications  said on Monday its quarterly profit rose and its wireless customer additions were ahead of analyst estimates.
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U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, driving the Dow Jones industrial average to a record high, after a strong profit and outlook from Cisco Systems Inc.  boosted optimism about corporate profits.
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Walgreen Co , one of the largest U.S. drugstore operators, posted higher quarterly profit on Friday, helped by higher sales and cost controls.
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Communications equipment maker Ciena  Corp.  reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit  on Thursday on sharply higher revenue and lower expenses,  sending its shares up 7 percent.
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Health insurer Cigna Corp. on Wednesday posted a higher quarterly profit as it saw growth in its health care segment and recognized a gain on the sale of its retirement benefits business.