Bear Stearns earnings rise 38 pct
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Bear Stearns Cos.  said on Thursday quarterly net income soared 38 percent helped by gains from fees for merger advice and underwriting debt for corporations and acquisition-hungry private equity firms.
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U.S. stocks were expected to nudge  higher at Tuesday's open with fourth-quarter earnings from  investment banks Morgan Stanley MWD.N and Bear Stearns Cos.  Inc. BSC.N taking center stage.
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Bear Stearns Cos. Inc.  on Tuesday said quarterly profit rose 22 percent, helped by a sharp rise in revenue at its investment banking division.
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U.S. stocks were expected to move  higher at Tuesday's open with fourth-quarter earnings from  investment banks Morgan Stanley MWD.N and Bear Stearns Cos.  Inc. BSC.N taking focus.
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Bear Stearns Cos.  said on  Thursday its quarterly profit rose 81 percent, easily beating  estimates, as investment banking and capital markets revenues  jumped.
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Morgan Stanley  on Wednesday  said its second-quarter earnings rose 41 percent to a new  record, beating expectations on higher trading and investment  banking results.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc  said on Tuesday its fourth-quarter earnings rose as a timely bet against subprime mortgages and higher investment banking fees helped it sidestep the credit crunch that hammered the rest of Wall Street.
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Quarterly earnings rose to $58 million, or 18 cents per share, from $48 million, or 16 cents per share, last year. Excluding results from casinos scheduled to be sold, a write-down of the book value of Caesars
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Stocks edged up on Thursday after higher-than-expected earnings from companies, including Bear Stearns and Costco, but climbing oil prices could keep gains in check.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. LEH.N   on Wednesday said third-quarter earnings rose a   better-than-expected 4 percent, as trading and investment   management revenue jumped.
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Stock index futures remained higher on Tuesday after investment bank Goldman Sachs Group  reported its fourth-quarter earnings rose.
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Morgan Stanley MWD.N and Bear  Stearns Cos. Inc. BSC.N, two of Wall Street's biggest  securities firms, on Tuesday said their fourth-quarter profits  rose as a flurry of mergers and a year-end stock rally boosted  investment banking fees.
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U.S. stocks rose on Friday as  investors got a dose of strong quarterly earnings reports from  companies, including Dow component General Electric Co. GE.N,  which posted better-than-expected profits.
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The S&P 500 stock index touched a six-year high on Thursday as higher-than-expected earnings from investment bank Bear Stearns Co. Inc. , retailer Costco Wholesale Corp.  and other companies improved the outlook for steady profit growth.
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Stock index futures edged up before the start of Wall Street trading on Thursday with the focus on quarterly results from investment bank Bear Stearns  and a raft of economic indicators.
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Goldman Sachs on Thursday said fourth-quarter profit rose 23 per cent as its fixed-income, currency and commodities business soared while a rebounding stock market boosted investment banking.
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Morgan Stanley MWD.N and Bear  Stearns Cos. Inc. BSC.N, two of Wall Street's biggest  securities firms, on Tuesday said their quarterly profits rose  as a flurry of mergers and a year-end stock rally boosted  investment banking fees.