General Mills profit up, sees costs worsening
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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.&#39;s third-quarter earnings inched up 1 per cent as strength across many of its financial and industrial businesses outweighed hurricane-related insurance losses.
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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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Kroger Co. , the largest U.S. grocery chain, said on Tuesday that quarterly profit rose 15.8 percent, as shoppers were enticed by remodeled stores and improved perishable goods, and it raised its earnings view for the year.
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Kimberly-Clark said second-quarter profit rose to $461 million as savings from a restructuring plan helped offset fiber costs, and it raised its full-year earnings forecast.
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General Electric Co. said Friday its fourth-quarter profit rose 4 percent on strong global demand, and it reaffirmed its outlook for fiscal 2008.
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Cereal and snack maker Kellogg Co. increased its profit forecast for the rest of the year Monday, citing strong growth in its third-quarter sales and earnings.
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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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General Electric Co.'s GE.N  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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Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc  said on Thursday that quarterly profit rose, as the brewer sold more beer despite the slowing economy.
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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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General Electric Co. GE.N on Friday  posted an 18 percent rise in quarterly profit, driven by  broad-based growth as it won new jet engine service contracts  and had solid orders for ultrasound equipment.
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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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Higher ingredient prices and restructuring costs pushed General Mills&#39; first-quarter earnings down 19 percent, the cereal giant reported Tuesday.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  on Tuesday  posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit after  penny-pinching U.S. shoppers scoured its discount stores for  low prices on necessities like food and laundry detergent.
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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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Fourth-quarter earnings rose 42 percent from a year ago as profit margins at its U.S. stores improved despite higher commodity costs.