General Mills Profit Drops as Costs Rise
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General Mills Inc. GIS.N on Tuesday  reported a steeper fall in quarterly earnings than Wall Street  had expected due to higher costs of key food ingredients and  promotional spending.
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Sears reported profit that trailed analystsâ estimates while earnings at Costco Wholesale fell 4.9 percent on the cost of a new return policy.
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Loews Corp  said on Monday third-quarter profit fell 12.5 percent, as the cost of a legal settlement at its CNA Financial Corp  offset improved results in tobacco and drilling operations.
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Loews Corp  said on Monday third-quarter profit fell 12.5 percent, as the cost of a legal settlement at its CNA Financial Corp  unit offset improved results in tobacco and drilling operations.
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Safeway Inc. , the third-largest U.S. grocer, on Tuesday reported a lower quarterly profit as it grappled with lingering costs from a labor strike in California earlier this year.
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General Motors Corp. GM.N said on  Thursday it expects earnings this year to fall due to lower  profits at its financial services unit and a $1 billion rise in  health-care costs.
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The meat producer said its first-quarter profit slid 40 percent, withdrew its earnings guidance for the year and said it will hike prices largely to offset rising costs of feed.
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General Motors Corp. GM.N on  Wednesday said its earnings fell 37 percent due to growing U.S.  health-care costs and bigger losses from its European  automotive operations.
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General Motors Corp.  on Wednesday said it swung to a profit with its delayed fourth-quarter results as it cut costs through a sweeping restructuring and saw gains in its core auto operations.
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Profit in the fourth quarter rose less than 1 percent, hurt by soaring grain costs, despite a 7 percent increase in sales.
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Shares of General Electric Co.  fell slightly before the bell on Friday after the industrial conglomerate said quarterly earnings rose.
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Farming supply retailer Tractor Supply  Co. TSCO.O on Monday reported that its earnings fell in the  third quarter because of higher freight costs, higher costs for  steel and other commodities and a shift in sales to lower  margin hurricane-related items.
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Gap Inc. (GPS.N), the largest U.S. specialty apparel retailer, on Thursday reported a slight decline in quarterly profit, meeting lowered forecasts, after summer clearance sales drew surprisingly small crowds.
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General Motors Corp.  on Wednesday posted weaker fourth-quarter earnings due to growing U.S. health care costs and bigger losses from its European automotive operations.
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Farming supply retailer Tractor Supply Co.  on Monday reported that its earnings fell in the third quarter because of higher freight costs, higher costs for steel and other commodities and a shift in sales to lower margin hurricane-related items.
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General Motors Corp. GM.N said on  Thursday that it expects earnings this year to fall, due in  part to weaker profits from its financial services arm.
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Kellogg Co.  reported lower  fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday due to costs for job cuts at  a plant in England, higher prices for commodities such as corn  and wheat, and increased advertising spending.