Aetna Profit Beats Expectations
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Net income rose to $496.7 million and the health insurer raised its full-year forecast as membership increased.
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Aetna Inc. AET.N on Thursday posted a  steep rise in quarterly profit as the health insurer boosted  its forecast for the rest of this year and gave a 2005 profit  estimate above analysts' views, pushing shares up 5 percent.
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Merck & Co.  on Monday said its  second-quarter earnings more than doubled on growing demand for  its drugs, blowing past Wall Street expectations, and raised  its full-year profit forecast.
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Electronic Data Systems Corp. reported a higher quarterly profit on Wednesday, boosted by a surge in new orders for its technology services.
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Medco Health Solutions Inc  on Tuesday posted higher-than-expected quarterly earnings, helped by sales of generic drugs, and the pharmacy benefit manager boosted its full-year profit forecast.
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Humana Inc  posted sharply higher profit on Monday, above Wall Street's target, on continued strength in its Medicare health plans for the elderly and its plans for employers, and forecast next year's earnings ahead of expectations.
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French insurance group AXA reported on Thursday an 18.0-percent rise in annual net profit to 5.1 billion euros (6.69 billion dollars), boosted by a strong performance from its life assurance activities.
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Telecom equipment maker Ciena of Linthicum, Md., yesterday reported its first profit in five years, a rebound for a company stung by a dismal industry downturn earlier in the decade.
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The Swedish-Finnish telecommunications operator TeliaSonera reported a record profit in the third quarter despite stagnant sales as associated companies posted a tripling of income.
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Defense contractor Raytheon Co.  RTN.N on Thursday said quarterly profit rose a  better-than-expected 20 percent, helped by higher spending on  its Patriot missile systems and other military products.
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Top telecommunications service provider AT&T Inc.  on Tuesday said its profit and revenue grew on an adjusted basis, helped by strong growth in its wireless business.
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AT&T, the nation's biggest long-distance carrier, said that its profit jumped a better-than-expected 84 percent in the fourth quarter as it cut costs.
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Profits at US investment bank Goldman Sachs are better than expected, despite slow summer business.
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The company said first-quarter profit rose 55 percent, beating Wall Streetâs expectations, as lofty crop prices stoked global demand for its agricultural equipment.
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The companyâs third-quarter profit beat expectations, lifted by an extra week of holiday shopping and sales of video game consoles and GPS devices.
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Medco Health Solutions Inc   reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Tuesday,  helped by sales of generic drugs, and the pharmacy benefit  manager boosted its full-year profit forecast, sending its  shares higher.
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The company reported fourth-quarter net income on higher commercial airplane deliveries and strong growth in defense earnings, beating Wall Streetâs expectations.