Toro Earnings Rise; Dividend Doubled
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Lawn-care equipment maker Toro Co. on  Wednesday reported stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings  and doubled its dividend, citing increased sales and cost  controls.
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Publishing &amp; Broadcasting Ltd.&#39;s second-half profit more than doubled as advertising sales and gaming returns increased at the owner of Australia&#39;s top-rating television network and the nation&#39;s biggest casino.
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The oil field contractor said second-quarter net income more than doubled on a gain from selling its government services and construction subsidiary, KBR.
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Hog and pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. (SFD.N) on Thursday said quarterly earnings more than doubled due to higher hog prices and the acquisition last year of Farmland Foods.
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L) posted a  2.6 percent rise in underlying profits on Thursday, beating  analysts' forecasts, thanks to higher production and strong oil  prices.
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Lucent Technologies Inc. more than doubled the total compensation of its top executive to &#36;13.6 million in 2004, a year in which the telecommunications-equipment maker posted its first profit in four years, according to a regulatory filing Thursday.
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Men's Wearhouse Inc. on Wednesday raised its quarterly dividend by a penny to 6 cents per share and posted higher quarterly net income thanks to an extra week in the quarter, compared with a year earlier and a tax-related gain.
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Deere & Co. DE.N, one of the world's  largest farm equipment makers,  said on Tuesday that quarterly  earnings jumped 62 percent, driven by strength in its  agricultural and construction equipment businesses.
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CME Group Inc , parent of the  world's largest derivatives exchange, said on Tuesday quarterly  profit nearly doubled, topping analysts' average forecast,  driven by strong volume growth.
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Excluding the one-time items, earnings per share more than doubled at the publisher as revenue rose nearly 20 percent.
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The data storage vendor said second-quarter profit rose to $334.4 million as it recorded double-digit sales gains at its biggest businesses.
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Swedish-Finnish telecom operator TeliaSonera, the largest in northern Europe, said its profits doubled in the second quarter as operations improved across the board.
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Google&#39;s first quarterly earnings statement since its recent IPO rewarded investors with the news that the company has doubled its profits in the past year.
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Sun Microsystems Inc. said Thursday that its fiscal 2008 second-quarter earnings nearly doubled as services revenue increased and its gross margin improved.
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The No. 2 grocer reports double-digit gains in sales and earnings after recent acquisitions.
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Russian mining giant OAO Norilsk Nickel said Friday that its 2006 net profit more than doubled with help from higher nickel prices, as Canadian miner LionOre expressed support for Norilsk's $6.36 billion takeover bid.
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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.