Liberty Media 3rd-Quarter Profit Soars; Sales Double
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Liberty Media Corp., which is controlled by cable-television investor John Malone, said profit in the third quarter rose ninefold and sales more than doubled, helped by Liberty&#39;s purchase of the QVC shopping network.
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The desktop publishing software maker said its fiscal fourth-quarter profit and sales rose to beat Wall Streetâs expectations, fueled by strong sales of Creative Suite 3 and Acrobat.
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Third-quarter operating profit rose more than 50 percent thanks to resurgent earnings at the companyâs core VW brand.
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Media company Gannett Co Inc. GCI.N  on Tuesday reported higher quarterly profit, propelled by  advertising sales gains at its newspapers and broadcast  television stations.
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Adobe Systems Inc. reported Monday that its third-quarter profit more than doubled last year's, setting a revenue record and easily exceeding Wall Street's already bullish expectations as the software company comes off its biggest-ever product launch.
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Red Hat Inc., which distributes Linux software, on Monday said fiscal second-quarter profit more than tripled from a year ago as the company saw demand grow during the period.
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Hennes &amp; Mauritz AB, Europe's second-largest clothing retailer, said Wednesday its third-quarter net profit jumped 25 percent, boosted by high summer sales.
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SBC Communications  on Thursday reported a higher third-quarter operating profit as growth in sales of long distance and high-speed Internet service outweighed declines in local phone customers.
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Investors are wowed by the firmâs first quarterly earnings report since it became a publicly-owned company, which showed sales and profit more than doubled in the third quarter.
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MILWAUKEE -- Harley-Davidson Inc.&#39;s third-quarter profit surged 20 percent, revved up by higher gross margin and brisk sales of its brand-name motorcycles and accessories.
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Liberty Media Corp. (LN: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said it is doubling its voting stake in News Corp. ahead of time in a share-swapping transaction with Merrill Lynch expected to be completed in mid-January.
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Luxury home builder Toll Brothers Inc. reported Wednesday that strong demand pushed third-quarter profits well above Wall Street expectations.
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Ceradyne Inc.  said on Monday quarterly profit more than doubled, spurred by higher sales of its ceramic body armor plates for U.S. troops.
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The multimedia entertainment retailer doubles earnings despite poor book sales and video rentals.
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Liberty Media Corp. on Tuesday posted  an eight-fold gain in quarterly net profit following the  purchase of a majority stake in shopping network QVC and a  large gain on the sale of assets.
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Research company Thomson Corp. said Tuesday that third-quarter profit rose 12 percent on higher revenue helped by core products, recent acquisitions and exchange rates.
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Third-quarter profit nearly doubled from a year ago as income from its government segment surged and the insurer reported a one-time gain.