Corning Profit Rises
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Corning Inc., the specialty glass maker, said that its fourth-quarter profit rose 11 percent, topping expectations.
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Brewer Fuller, Smith & Turner reports a sharp rise in profit after its purchase of rival beer company Gales last year.
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The company, which closed a $5.6 billion deal to buy Dow Jones & Company in December, said quarterly profit increased to $832 million, or 27 cents a share.
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General Mills Inc.  on  Wednesday reported a rise in quarterly earnings that matched a  better-than-expected view the company gave earlier this month,  helped by a move to reduce the size of cereal boxes and charge  consumers more per ounce.
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PepsiCo, the world's No. 2 soft drink company, said quarterly profit rose due to tax benefits and a strong performance from its Frito-Lay snack business.
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Archer Daniels Midland Co. , the largest U.S. food processor and ethanol producer, on Thursday posted higher-than-expected quarterly profit, which sent its stock up 6.3 percent in early electronic trade.
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Lawnmower manufacturer Toro Co. on Wednesday said its profit grew 23 percent in the fourth quarter, helped by higher sales across all of its product segments and a surge in overseas demand.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. , said on Tuesday that quarterly profit rose 27 percent, beating expectations, on surging revenue from bond underwriting and stock trading.
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Grocery retail chain Whole Foods Market Inc.  on Wednesday reported a 27 percent rise in quarterly profit as demand for organic and natural food outstripped rising expenses.
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Kellogg Co. , the world's largest cereal maker, on Monday reported a quarterly profit that exceeded Wall Street estimates and raised its full-year earnings outlook, helped by strong sales of new products.
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Kellogg Co. K.N, the world's  largest cereal maker, on Monday reported a quarterly profit  that exceeded Wall Street estimates and raised its full-year  earnings outlook, helped by strong sales of new products.
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The food maker General Mills reported a slightly higher profit in its latest quarter on Wednesday, as stronger sales offset rising costs for ingredients and price increases did not faze consumers.
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri  - Monsanto Co.  reported on Thursday that quarterly earnings jumped 71 percent, driven by surging sales of its genetically modified corn and other seeds, sending its shares higher in early trade.
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Deere & Co. , the world's largest maker of agricultural and building equipment, reported higher quarterly profit on Wednesday as strong sales to farmers and foresters more than offset a decline in sales to builders.
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By Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle  Feb. 22--The price paid to farmers for a bushel of corn jumped more than a third over the past year, with bushel prices on commodity markets going from a little over $2 to more than $4.
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Kellogg Co. (K), the world&#39;s largest cereal maker, on Monday reported a quarterly profit that exceeded Wall Street estimates and raised its full-year earnings outlook, helped by strong sales of new products.
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Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc.  said on Thursday that quarterly profit rose as higher sales and a benefit from an accounting change helped offset a one-time charge.