Morgan Stanley profit beats estimates
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Morgan Stanley  on Wednesday said its second-quarter profit rose 40 percent, trouncing expectations as most of its trading and investment-banking businesses achieved record results.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS.N and  Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. LEH.N on Tuesday posted  higher-than-expected quarterly profits, fueled by surprising  strength in bond trading and investment banking growth.
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Morgan Stanley  on Wednesday posted a stunning fourth-quarter loss after recording a bigger-than-expected $9.4 billion of write-downs and said it sold a $5 billion stake to China Investment Corp to bolster its capital.
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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 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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Morgan Stanley and Bear Stearns posted drops in quarterly profit yesterday, surprising some investors one day after two other big investment banks reported a rise in earnings.
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U.S. securities firm Morgan Stanley  on Tuesday said fourth-quarter profit rose sharply on higher investment banking activity, offset in part by lower fixed-income sales and trading results.
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Morgan Stanley  and Bear Stearns Cos. Inc. , two of Wall Street's biggest securities firms, on Tuesday said their fourth-quarter profits rose as a flurry of mergers and a year-end stock rally boosted investment banking fees.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  on Thursday said fourth-quarter profit rose as its fixed-income, currency and commodities business soared while a rebounding stock market boosted investment banking.
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International Business Machines Corp.  on Tuesday posted a quarterly net profit that beat Wall Street's recently raised target as solid year-end product sales were buoyed by a weaker U.S. dollar.
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Morgan Stanley  on Wednesday said third-quarter profit fell as the summertime freeze in mortgage and corporate loan markets forced the bank to mark loans down by $940 million, but shares held their own on optimism that financial markets may be starting to revive.
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Stocks gained on Tuesday on higher-than-expected earnings, pushing the Dow above 14,000 for the first time and easing concern about the deteriorating subprime mortgage market.
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Morgan Stanley, the second-biggest US securities firm, and Bear Stearns Cos. reported higher fiscal fourth-quarter earnings, boosted by gains in stock trading and investment banking.
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Morgan Stanley  on Wednesday  said quarterly earnings rose on strong trading and merger  activity, as the largest U.S. investment bank continued its  turnaround from a tumultuous 2005.
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Wall Street was higher after a better-than-expected profit report at Research in Motion and on word that Merrill Lynch might have lined up a  cash infusion from a Singapore fund.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS.N on  Thursday said fourth-quarter profit rose as its fixed-income,  currency and commodities business soared while a rebounding  stock market boosted investment banking.
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Morgan Stanley, the second-biggest US securities firm, on Wednesday reported lower-than-expected third-quarter profit on lower fees from trading stocks and bonds.
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BlackRock Inc. posted a 90 percent jump in fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, handily beating estimates, as it benefited from the credit market turmoil and acquisitions.