General Mills profit up on price hikes
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General Mills Inc , the world's second-biggest maker of breakfast cereal, on Wednesday said profit rose 8.2 percent, helped by a move to reduce the size of cereal boxes and charge consumers more per ounce.
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Target Corp. TGT.N, the No. 2 U.S.  discount retailer, on Thursday posted a higher quarterly  profit, boosted by stronger sales and gains from the sale of  its Mervyn's department store chain.
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General Electric Co.  reported a 9.6 percent rise in quarterly earnings Friday, in line with Wall Street expectations, on strong demand for jet engines, gas turbines and other heavy equipment, sending its shares to a five-year high.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N, the  world's biggest retailer, posted a 13 percent rise in quarterly  profit on Tuesday and raised its outlook and expectations for  holiday sales, saying the economy was improving.
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General Mills Inc , on Wednesday posted a 1 percent increase in quarterly profit, as higher sales were partially offset by more expensive marketing and a pizza recall.
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General Electric Co.  on Friday posted an 18 percent rise in quarterly profit, driven by broad-based growth as it received new aircraft engine service contracts and had solid orders for ultrasound equipment.
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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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General Electric Co.  reported a 9.6 percent rise in profit on Friday, with strength in the infrastructure and commercial finance businesses offsetting a decline at its health care business and a loss in subprime lending.
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General Electric Co  on Friday posted a profit that met expectations on strong demand for heavy equipment such as jet engines and electricity-producing turbines.
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General Mills Inc.  on Thursday  said quarterly profit edged higher, though increased marketing  spending and higher commodity costs tempered the increase.
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General Electric Co. GE.N on Friday  said its third-quarter earnings inched up 1 percent as strength  across many of its financial and industrial businesses  outweighed hurricane-related insurance losses.
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Procter & Gamble Co.   on Wednesday posted higher quarterly profit, boosted by sales of new products and continued gains in developing markets.
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General Motors Corp.  on  Wednesday posted a larger-than-expected quarterly operating  profit as it slashed costs in North America and raised its  cost-cutting target by $1 billion, sending its shares up 5  percent.
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General Electric Co.&#39;s (GE) third-quarter earnings inched up 1 percent as strength across many of its financial and industrial businesses outweighed hurricane-related insurance losses, the company said on Friday.
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General Electric Co.  posted a 9.6  percent rise in quarterly profit Friday on good results in its  commercial finance business and strong demand for products  ranging from jet engines to gas turbines.
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General Electric Co.  said on Tuesday that it was raising its quarterly dividend by 12 percent, and that it expects to report a profit of $2.17 to $2.23 per share in 2007.
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Retailer Limited Brands Inc. raised its third-quarter profit outlook on Monday after reporting last week a 14 percent increase in sales at stores open at least a year.