Reuters - Fortune Brands Inc reported
operating profit that topped Wall Street's lowered expectations
on Friday after the consumer products maker warned that weak
consumer sentiment, the U.S. housing slump and higher taxes
would depress earnings more than expected.
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Reuters - Fortune Brands Inc reported
operating profit that topped Wall Street's lowered expectations
on Friday after the consumer products maker warned that weak
consumer ... Discussion
Reuters - Fortune Brands Inc reported
operating profit that topped Wall Street's lowered expectations
on Friday after the consumer products maker warned that weak
consumer ... Discussion
Reuters - Fortune Brands Inc reported
operating profit that topped Wall Street's lowered expectations
on Friday after the consumer products maker warned that weak
consumer ... Discussion
Reuters - Fortune Brands Inc reported a
quarterly profit that topped Wall Street's lowered expectations
on Friday, after the consumer products maker had warned that
weak c ... Discussion
Reuters - Fortune Brands Inc reported a
quarterly profit that topped Wall Street's lowered expectations
on Friday, after the consumer products maker had warned that
weak c ... Discussion
Reuters - Yahoo Inc on Tuesday
posted quarterly profit, excluding one-time items, at the top
end of Wall Street's range of lowered forecasts, as it sought
to bolster its c ... Discussion
Reuters - Upscale department store chain
Nordstrom Inc on Monday reported third-quarter earnings
that topped a recently-lowered forecast, calming investor fears
about a sp ... Discussion
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Reuters - Hasbro Inc , the No. 2 U.S.
toymaker, posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on
Monday, boosted by sales of toys tied to movies such as the
latest "Indian ... Discussion
Reuters - Wall Street headed for a lower open on
Friday after industrial conglomerate General Electric Co
reported a disappointing profit and lowered its earnings
forecast ... Discussion
Reuters - Wall Street looked set for a sharply
lower open on Friday after industrial conglomerate General
Electric Co reported a disappointing profit and lowered
its earni ... Discussion
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Reuters - The U.S. government plans
to put government sponsored mortgage finance companies Fannie
Mae and Freddie Mac under federal control, the
New York Times and Washin ... Discussion
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Reuters - Citigroup could sell its
Primerica financial services unit and its First American
banking subsidiary in Texas as the bank continues to
restructure its business, ... Discussion
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Reuters - The U.S. government plans to put
troubled mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac under federal control, the New York Times
and Washington Post ne ... Discussion
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Reuters - Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, the former
CEO of American International Group Inc , could face a
fine of up to $100 million to settle three-year-old civil fraud
charge ... Discussion
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Investor's Business Daily - In the past year, the credit crunch has spread from mortgages to student loans and other types of debt. Home equity lines of credit have been reele ... Discussion
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Reuters - Boeing Co's 27,000-strong
machinists' union declared it will strike at midnight on
Friday, as the plane maker failed to improve its contract offer
after two days ... Discussion
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Reuters - An Alabama activist group
has filed a lawsuit seeking to cancel $6.6 billion in debt and
related swaps issued by Jefferson County, claiming the county
faces finan ... Discussion
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AFP - Wall Street shares recovered from steep early losses and finished mostly higher Friday as the market was able to shake off a jump in unemployment that sparked renewed fe ... Discussion
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Reuters - General Electric Co said on
Friday it had been notified by U.S. regulators that a civil
complaint could be filed against the company following a more
than three- ... Discussion
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Reuters - Boeing Co's
machinists prepared for a strike on Friday as the plane-maker
and its largest union tried to hammer out a last-ditch deal on
their latest three-year ... Discussion



