Kreme-Filled Earnings
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Krispy Kreme shareholders hope for a break from the badness in this week's earnings report.
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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc.KKD.N on  Thursday reported a sharp drop in quarterly profit and signaled  that business may not recover any time soon, sending its shares  down more than 17 percent in pre-market trading.
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McDonald's Corp. MCD.N on Tuesday  reported quarterly earnings that were in line with a  higher-than-expected forecast the company gave last week,  helped by strong sales in the United States and a tax benefit.
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Shares of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc., the favorite stock of growth investors after the collapse of the Internet bubble, fell as much as 17 percent after the company reported lower earnings
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A second look at the bumper earnings from Merrill Lynch.
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PepsiCo has posted a rise in Q3 revenue and operating profit. The drinks and snack company today (30 September) reported earnings for the three months to 4 September of US$1.
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Toronto-Dominion Bank posted a 39 percent increase in fiscal third-quarter net income on higher profit throughout the company. For the period that ended July 31, the company posted net income of 1.1 billion Canadian dollars ($1 billion), or 1.53 Canadian dollars a share, compared with 796 million Canadian dollars, or 1.09 Canadian dollars a share, a year earlier. Revenue rose 11 percent, to 3.65 billion Canadian dollars, or about $3.43 billion.
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The retailer said net income in the fourth quarter rose to $4.1 billion as its focus on low prices paid off. International growth also helped lift profit and sales.
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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. reported Thursday that second-quarter profits fell by more than 50 percent, widely missing Wall Street estimates.
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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. KKD.N on  Tuesday said it would restate financial statements for its 2004  fiscal year due to errors in how it accounted for the  repurchase of franchises, which could reduce earnings more than  the company had previously forecast.
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Krispy Kreme&#39;s reputation crumbled yesterday as the US doughnut maker abandoned its earnings guidance after it reported a sharp drop in quarterly profit.
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The retailer posts strong gains in earnings and sales, but projections disappoint the Street.
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Though the macroeconomic picture remains cloudy, major IT vendors, such as Apple, Microsoft, and EMC, for the most part reported solid third-quarter earnings this week, giving technology investors hope for the rest of the year.Thursday was a busy day on Wall Street with Microsoft, EMC, and Motorola reporting.After the market closed,&#160;Microsoft reported a 23 percent quarterly jump in net income, which hit $4.29 billion as demand for Windows and Office software remained strong. Revenue was $13.76 billion, a 27 increase from one year earlier. The company said it was the fastest revenue growth spurt for their first fiscal quarter since 1999, around the height of the dot-com boom. That should help reassure some investors that despite concerns about the U.S. economy, at least certain areas of the IT sector are still managing to show strong growth.In after-hours trading right after the announcement, Microsoft shares rose by $1.98 to $33.98.EMC&#39;s profit jumped&#160;as the data-storage company made gains on the sale of part of its stake in virtualization software maker VMware. EMC reported that net income was $492.9 million, compared with a profit of $283.7 million last year. Revenue jumped to $3.3 billion from $2.8 billion a year earlier. Though much of the gains were from&#160;a one-time sale of part of VMware to Cisco, other parts of the business did well: Software rose 25 percent, storage business sales rose 9 percent, and service grew 25 percent. EMC shares rose $1.92 on the news, to close at $24.45.Motorola, meanwhile, reported an abrupt drop, of 94 percent, in quarterly profit, as it searched to find a follow-up to its Razr mobile phone. Net income was $60 million, while revenue fell 17 percent to $8.81 billion. Nevertheless investors apparently were heartened that the company saw small boosts in the average selling price for mobile devices -- something that even mighty Nokia did not experience last quarter.Motorola forecast earnings from continuing operations for the fourth quarter of $0.12 to $0.14 a share, while analysts had expected earnings of $0.10. So even though profit was way down, company shares managed to jump $0.75 to $19.30 Thursday.Apple kicked off the week on a high note, on Monday reporting solid earnings that were fueled by record Mac sales and shipments of 1.12 million iPhones. The company handily beat analyst estimates with income of $904 million, 67 percent higher than a year earlier. Earnings per share were $1.01. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial had forecast $760.45 million in net income and earnings of $0.84 per share. Apple jumped $11.80 to close at $186.16 the day after its earnings report. Even though Apple shares have been trading at all-time highs, the common wisdom on Wall Street is that things will get even better.Brokerages like Goldman Sachs and UBS reiterated &quot;buy&quot; ratings and Citi Investment Research headlined its report: &quot;The Best Is Yet To Come.&quot; With the new Mac OS, Leopard, going to market on Friday, sales are expected to do well through the holiday season.Still, concerns about the U.S. economy linger. With the price of oil skyrocketing and the housing-market crisis making headlines, investors remain worried that economic concerns will weigh on IT sales. But earnings from the major IT bellwethers over the last few weeks are showing that technology is proving to be resilient, so far.
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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc., an investor favorite whose fortunes have soured in recent months, reported disappointing second-quarter earnings yesterday and saw its stock price drop by 10 percent.
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Fast-food company Yum Brands Inc.  YUM.N on Tuesday reported a better-than-expected rise in  quarterly earnings, helped by a lower tax rate, and raised its  2005 outlook due in part to its booming KFC business in China.
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Great quarter guys, but nobody's perfect. Did you know that some companies already make a profit online?
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US bakery-cafe chain Panera Bread has reaffirmed its previously issued earnings target for the full year 2004 of $1.24-$1.26. The company also corrected its implied fourth quarter earnings per diluted share target to $0.