Tribune Co. profits shrink 33%
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Profits at Tribune Co. shrunk by 33 percent last quarter as the company continued to reel from a circulation scandal at two newspapers and suffered sales declines at two others.
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Barnes & Noble Inc. , the top U.S. bookseller, on Monday said quarterly profit fell due to higher expenses and weaker demand for bestseller titles, sending its stock down more than 2 percent.
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Newspaper and television company  Tribune Co.  is leaning away from accepting any takeover  offers made by outside bidders and instead is opting for a  restructuring it would do on its own, the Wall Street Journal  reported on Monday.
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3M Co  said on Tuesday  fourth-quarter earnings fell as last year's results included a  gain for selling a business.
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Gap says profit was lower for the past three months of the year, hurt by the costs of closing its Forth & Towne arm.
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Fourth-quarter profit fell 8 percent on declining advertising sales at the companyâs newspapers and television stations.
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Tribune Co. said on Thursday it has no  intention of sell its remaining newspapers, after having  completing a plan to dispose of $500 million worth of noncore  assets.
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New York Times Co., the third-largest US newspaper publisher, said third-quarter profit fell 4 percent as advertising revenue at its flagship newspaper lagged and costs for newsprint and a new Sunday magazine rose.
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Noble Energy Inc.  said on Thursday its fourth-quarter profit fell as weakness in natural gas prices weighed on results.
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McGraw-Hill Cos , the book and  magazine publisher and owner of Standard & Poor's, on Thursday  said fourth-quarter profit fell 31 percent, as disruptions in  global capital markets dampened demand for credit ratings.
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The publisher reported preliminary net income of $30.1 million for the quarter, but said it would take a charge to reflect a sharp decline in its stock price.
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The New York Times Co. NYT.N on  Wednesday reported lower quarterly net profit, weighed down by  an inconsistent ad sales environment.
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Tribune Co.  jolted the media world last week when it said it was looking at ways to create shareholder value -- shorthand, many analysts say, for putting itself up for sale.
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U.S. Steel Corp  posted a 35 percent decline in third-quarter profit on Tuesday, worse than Wall Street had expected, and forecast weak fourth-quarter earnings, sending the steelmaker's shares down 6 percent.
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Newspaper and television company Tribune Co.  is leaning away from accepting any takeover offers made by outside bidders and instead is opting for a restructuring it would do on its own, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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Software maker meets earnings projects but applications business languishes with unit's sales down 36 percent.
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Washington Post Co.  said on Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit fell 7 percent, dragged down by charges and a profit decline at its newspaper division.