Lehman Brothers quarterly earnings rise 27 percent
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Investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  on Tuesday said its second-quarter profit rose 27 percent as surging bond underwriting and stock trading revenue more than made up for bond trading results hurt by U.S. mortgage weakness.
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Stocks rose on Tuesday after forecast-topping earnings from Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc  soothed investors' worst fears about fallout from credit turmoil ahead of an expected U.S. interest rate cut.
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U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers  Holdings Inc. LEH.N on Wednesday said fourth-quarter profit  rose 22 percent on continued strength from fixed-income  businesses and record investment banking revenue, signaling an  outstanding quarter for the rest of Wall Street.
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Retailer Sears Holdings Corp. said Thursday its fourth-quarter earnings rose 27 percent, ahead of Wall Street forecasts as margins improved despite weaker sales at established stores.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc  said on Thursday that quarterly earnings fell 11 percent, hurt by writedowns in bond trading, but results beat analysts' average expectations.
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U.S. stocks closed slightly higher on  Wednesday, as better-than-expected quarterly results from  investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. LEH.N helped to  offset a two-week high in crude oil prices.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. LEH.N  Chairman and Chief Executive Richard Fuld received $26.3  million in compensation last year, a 33 percent increase from a  year earlier, as profit rose to a record.
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Investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  said on Wednesday first-quarter profit rose 6 percent, as real estate and strong equity markets helped lift trading profits even with weakness in subprime mortgages.
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American Express Co. AXP.N said on  Monday fourth-quarter profits rose 17 percent, driven by  increased use of its credit cards and strong travel-related  sales.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. LEH.N   on Wednesday said third-quarter earnings rose more than   analysts expected, as trading and investment management revenue   jumped.
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Earnings at News Corp., the media conglomerate run by Rupert Murdoch, rose 27 percent in the latest quarter on stronger results from broadcast television, cable networks and newspapers, the company reported Wednesday.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. , the first of Wall Street's biggest firms to report second-quarter earnings, said profit rose 27 percent to a record as a rally in stocks fueled equity trading and investment-banking revenue increased.
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U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday as investors anticipated a cut in interest rates and after Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc's  earnings allayed worries about the depth of credit market turmoil.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. LEH.N   on Wednesday said strong trading and investment management   revenue lifted third-quarter earnings by a better-than-expected   4 percent, bringing the company's shares to their highest level   since May.
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Investment banking firm Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said Thursday that fourth-quarter earnings rose 23 percent to beat Wall Street expectations.
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American Express AXP.N on Monday  said quarterly earnings rose 14 percent, matching analysts'  expectations, as cardholder spending and borrowing increased  while loan losses fell.
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US investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEH) on Wednesday said fourth-quarter profit rose 22 percent on continued strength from fixed-income businesses and record investment banking revenue.