Heineken Profit Dips But Repeats Outlook
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Dutch brewer Heineken posted a 4.5  percent fall in core profit for the first half on Wednesday, at  the low end of expectations as a weak dollar and sluggish  markets hurt business.
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Dutch brewing company Heineken NV reported a 26 percent rise in first-half profit Wednesday, with strong sales in the Americas and a surge in beer drinking in Europe during the soccer World Cup. It also raised its earnings growth foreecast for the full year.
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Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. BUD.N,  the largest U.S. brewer, said on Wednesday quarterly profit  rose, but domestic market share slipped and the company  forecast a tough year for growing profit in its beer business.
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LONDON -- BP PLC said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit dropped 22 percent to a two-year low, driven down by the declining price of oil and increased safety spending after a series of high-profile mishaps including a deadly refinery blast in Texas and an oil spill in Alaska. The oil company also...
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Diageo, the worldâs largest producer and distributor of alcoholic drinks, reported a 23 percent decline in first-half profit but raised its full-year forecast for profit growth from existing operations. The company, which is based in London, announced a Â£100 million ($195.6 million) expansion of its Scotch whiskey operations in anticipation of continued long-term demand in emerging markets. Diageo said profit fell to Â£895 million ($1.75 billion) in the six months ended Dec. 31, from Â£1.17 billion a year earlier. The company said profit excluding one-time items was up 4 percent, to Â£1.31 billion, and it raised its forecast for profit growth this year to 8 percent from 7 percent.
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BP PLC said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit dropped 22 percent to a two-year low, driven down by the declining price of oil and increased safety spending after a series of high-profile mishaps including a deadly refinery blast in Texas and an oil spill in Alaska. The oil company also slashed its growth targets and raised its capital expenditure forecast for this year.
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JD Wetherspoon, the pubs chain renowned for converting banks into boozers throughout the 90s, has posted its first profit decline since it floated 12 years ago, and warned that 2005 will be another &quot;difficult year&quot;.
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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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Pepsi Bottling Group Inc  on Thursday gave a 2008 earnings forecast that fell short of most Wall Street estimates.
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Coca-Cola Co. KO.N on Thursday  reported a sharp drop in quarterly net income due to weak sales  of its soft drinks, juices and bottled waters in Germany and  other key markets.
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British drinks giant Diageo reported a small fall in annual headline profits before tax, which were crimped by the strength of sterling.
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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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Bank&#39;s 3Q profit dips, but it says &#39;04 will be better than &#39;03; wealth management stays strong. ZURICH  - Banking heavyweight UBS remained cautious about prospects for the rest of the year after a
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Australia&#39;s largest beer and wine company, Foster&#39;s Group, said its second-half net profit fell 72 per cent on costs to restructure its wine business, and forecast modest growth for 2005.
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The software maker said its profit slipped in the fourth quarter even as sales edged higher, and forecast revenue from software sales and services of about 14 percent in 2008.
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British oil giant BP announced a fall in net profit in the three months to June following 24 months of continuously falling production despite strong world demand for energy.
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De Beers, the world's top diamond producer, posted a dip in 2007 diamond sales on Friday, but forecast a rebound this year amid a tight market that was expected to keep prices buoyant.