Del Monte posts lower quarterly profit
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Del Monte Foods Co.  posted lower quarterly profit on Thursday due to rising ingredient costs and weak consumer demand for branded food and pet products.
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Toll Brothers Inc.  on Thursday said the weak U.S. housing market drove down its quarterly profit by 67 percent after write-downs for lower land values, and the luxury home builder lowered its forecast.
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Del Monte Foods Co. , maker of Meow Mix cat food, StarKist tuna and its own canned fruits, on Thursday posted a drop in quarterly profit, hit by higher costs for some items and lower seafood sales volume.
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Shares of Motley Fool Hidden Gems selection Fresh Del Monte Produce (NYSE: FDP) are down 6% to $25 after the company cut its full-year 2004 earnings forecast by almost 20%.
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Aramark Corp.  on Wednesday  posted lower quarterly profit due to a charge for weakness in  its uniform business and costs for terminating two food-service  contracts.
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Quarterly net profit fell to $81 million, from $133 million a year earlier, as the company took charges related to restructuring and disposing of some vending machines.
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Kellogg Co  on Wednesday posted lower quarterly profit, hit by rising costs for wheat and other commodities and increased spending on advertising.
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Campbell Soup Co  posted lower  quarterly profit on Friday, hurt by higher commodity costs and  promotional spending.
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DuPont Co. , the No. 2 U.S.  chemical company, on Tuesday reported lower-than-expected  second-quarter profit due to lower U.S. volumes coupled with  higher energy and raw material costs.
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Food company General Mills Inc.   on Thursday posted sharply lower quarterly profit,  pressured by higher costs, increased marketing spending and  restructuring charges.
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc  on Thursday posted lower quarterly profit and forecast future earnings below Wall Street expectations amid pressures on its timeshare business.
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Altria Group Inc.  posted lower  quarterly profit on Wednesday, due in part to costs for closing  a U.S. cigarette plant as it moves some production to Europe in  a move to cut costs and reduce excess capacity.
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DuPont Co. , the No. 2 U.S. chemical maker, on Tuesday posted a lower quarterly profit after a large tax gain a year earlier and forecast earnings growth in 2005.
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Dow Chemical Co  on Tuesday reported a drop in quarterly profit that was not as steep as analysts had expected as growth overseas helped offset weak U.S. housing and auto markets and spiraling energy and raw material costs.
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Texas Instruments Inc.  posted  a lower quarterly profit on weak demand for its calculators,  and gave a disappointing revenue forecast for the third  quarter, sending shares down 3 percent on Monday.
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Building products maker Louisiana-Pacific Corp.  on Monday posted sharply lower fourth-quarter profit, hurt by higher raw materials costs, the strength of the Canadian dollar and a higher-than-expected tax rate.
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Texas Instruments Inc  posted  on Monday lower quarterly profit and revenue as weak demand for  its calculators offset improving sales of advanced phones that  use its wireless chips.