Forest Labs quarterly profit up 34 pct
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Drugmaker Forest Laboratories Inc.  posted a 34 percent rise in quarterly profit on Tuesday, beating Wall Street estimates, helped by rising sales of its Alzheimer's disease medicine.
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Deere & Co.  said on Tuesday its quarterly profit rose 19 percent on better-than-expected farm equipment sales, boosting hopes that increasing commodity prices would produce stronger sales in 2007 and sparking a surge in its shares.
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Forest Laboratories Inc. (FRX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday lowered its profit outlook for fiscal year 2005, citing the recent approval of generic versions of its antidepressant drug Celexa.
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The home furnishings retailer reported quarterly profit of $25.97 million on an improvement at its Pottery Barn chain, sending its shares up as much as 11 percent.
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Forest products company Weyerhaeuser  Co.  posted a quarterly profit on Friday, after a  year-ago loss, helped by gains from a refund on duties of  Canadian lumber sold in the United States.
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U.S. forest products company  Weyerhaeuser Co. WY.Non Friday posted a higher fourth-quarter  profit but said greater-than-expected costs hurt results and  that bad weather could weigh on first-quarter earnings.
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The company, one of the worldâs largest construction equipment makers, said Friday that its fourth-quarter earnings rose 11 percent on strong international growth.
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Net profit at Roche Holding  AG  rose 34 percent to 9.17 billion Swiss francs ($7.33  billion) in 2006 due to strong sales of cancer treatments  Herceptin and Avastin, just ahead of analysts' expectations.
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Acuity Brands Inc. AYI.N, a maker of  lighting products and specialty chemicals, on Tuesday said  quarterly profit rose 87 percent due to improved sales, lower  operating expenses and a lower tax rate.
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International Paper Co. IP.N, the  world's largest forest products company, on Thursday said its  quarterly profit rose on solid volumes higher paper prices.
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Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc  posted a greater-than-expected 11 percent increase in quarterly profit on Wednesday and affirmed its full-year outlook, as the brewer's portfolio of imports helped it sell more beer at higher prices.
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Goodyear Tire &amp; Rubber Co  posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on Thursday as it benefited from higher pricing and a focus on more profitable branded tires, and its shares jumped as much as 9.6 percent.
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The company posted quarterly net profit of $904 million and revenue of $6.22 billion, up 29 percent from a year earlier.
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Plum Creek Timber Co. on Monday posted a 71 percent surge in third-quarter profit, helped by higher prices for lumber products during the quarter.
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Pharmaceutical maker Forest Laboratories Inc. on Monday said second-quarter earnings rose 60 percent as sales grew for its principal brands, and the company raised its fiscal 2005 earnings guidance.
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Time Warner Inc. TWX.N, the world's  largest media company, on Friday said its quarterly net profit  rose by 76 percent, boosted by digital video, high-speed  Internet and higher advertising sales at its cable networks.
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Fourth-quarter profit rose, driven by a gain from the sale of some forestlands and strong results from its industrial packaging unit.