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Whole Foods Market, Inc. (Nasdaq: WFMI) reported on late Tuesday a 71% profit jump over the same quarter a year ago. Whole Foods Market reported net income for its 1st quarter was $55.1 million, or 32 cents per share, up from $32.3 million, or 20 cents per share, for the same quarter a year ago and...

Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE: NBR) reported on Tuesday that it had lowered its 4th quarter loss from the same period last year. The oil drilling company reported a loss of $47.3 million, or 17 cents per share, which was lower than last years $106.7 million, or 38 cents per share, loss. Adjusted...

Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) reported that its 4th quarter profits rose nearly 300% from a year earlier. Kraft Foods Inc. reported net income of $710 million, or 48 cents per share, up from net income of $178 million, or 12 cents per share, during the same quarter a year earlier. A survey of...

Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WM) reported on Tuesday that its 4th quarter earnings climbed to $315 million, or 64 cents per share, up from $218 million, or 44 cents per share, during the same quarter the year before. Waste Management earned 52 cents per share on an adjusted basis. That beat the...

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) reported Friday that its 1st quarter profit rose 23% to $79 million, or 22 cents per share, from $64 million, or 18 cents per share, for the same quarter a year ago. Revenue rose 4% to $1.21 billion. On an adjusted basis, earnings for the quarter were 38 cents...

Ingersoll-Rand Plc (NYSE: IR) reported early Friday that its 4th quarter earnings were $139 million, or 42 cents per share, compared to a loss of $3.29 billion, or $10.27 a share, during the same period a year earlier. Revenue declined 10% to $3.31 billion. Excluding charges, Ingersoll-Rand earned...

Alcon Inc. (NYSE: ACL) reported late Thursday that the eye care company's 4th quarter profit rose to $458 million, or $1.51 per share, up from $424 million, or $1.41 per share, during the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue climbed to $1.72 billion, up from $1.5 billion the previous year....

Viacom, Inc. (NYSE: VIA) (NYSE: VIA-B) reported on Thursday that its 4th quarter profit more than quadrupled from the same period last year when the company had many one time charges. Viacom reported that it earned $694 million, or $1.14 per share, compared with a profit of $173 million, or 28...

Biotech company Biogen Idec Inc (Nasdaq: BIIB) reported a rise in 4th quarter earnings and revenue. Biogen Idec Inc said that it earned $306 million, or $1.06 per share, compared with $207 million, or 70 cents per share, for the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue for the 4th quarter was up 5% to...

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (NYSE: IFF) reported that its 4th quarter earnings fell 3% to $47.4 million, or 59 cents per share, from $49 million, or 62 cents per share, for the same quarter a year ago. On an adjusted basis, the company said that it earned 63 cents per share for the...

Drugstore operator CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS) reported a rise in 4th quarter profits of 11%, news of which sent shares up more than 5%. CVS Caremark Corporation's 4th quarter net income climbed to $1.05 billion, or 74 cents per share, from $949 million, or 65 cents per share, for the same...

ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADCT) announced on Monday that the company had swung back to profitability with a net income of $3.6 million, or 4 cents per share, in the 1st quarter from a loss of $48.4 million, or 46 cents per share, for the same quarter a year earlier. On an adjusted...

Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) reported a 4th quarter profit of $98.6 million, or 47 cents per share, up from $74 million, or 36 cents per share, for the same quarter a year ago. However, revenue fell to $1.45 billion from $1.55 billion the previous year. Excluding one time charges, profit for the...