AP – Women’s clothing seller The Talbots Inc. returned to a profit in the fiscal second quarter as the company cut costs to offset slightly lower revenue.
Also tagged business, clothing-seller, cut-costs, fiscal, talbots, the-fiscal, womenReuters – The U.S. loan picture improved slightly during the second quarter, with the amount of loans 90 days or more past due declining for the first time in more than four years, bank regulators said on Tuesday.
Also tagged bank-regulators, business, chairman, chairman-sheila, days-or-more, due-declining, first-time, four-years, loan-picture, said-on-tuesday, yearsAP – CONSTRUCTION BOOSTS GROWTH: Britain’s economy grew by 1.2 percent during the second quarter, faster than the earlier estimate of 1.1 percent, thanks to a sharp rise in construction.
Also tagged britain, business, during-the-second, earlier, economy-grew, grew, sharp-rise, the-earlierAP – Teen retailer Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. posted a wider loss in its fiscal second quarter as sales fell 10 percent and issued a third-quarter outlook that partly fell below analyst expectations.
Also tagged business, california, its-fiscal, pacific, pacific-sunwear, partly-fell, quarter-as-sales, wider-lossAP – Automaker Nissan’s North American division spent $870,000 lobbying Congress and the federal government during the second quarter on a range of issues from vehicle safety to financial reform.
Also tagged automaker, automaker-nissan, business, congress, division-spent, during-the-second, federal, federal-government, north, vehicle-safetyAP – PC maker Dell Inc.
Also tagged computer-logo, file, fiscal, income-improved, its-net, key-profit, market, otero, photo, quarterly-earnings, technology, the-fiscalmsnbc.com GM Turnaround Continues With Strong Quarter New York Times DETROIT — General Motors said Thursday that it earned $1.3 billion in the second quarter, citing sustained progress in rebuilding operations after emerging from its government-sponsored bankruptcy last year. … GM reports profit of $1.3 billion in second quarter … Read more: GM Turnaround Continues With Strong Quarter – New York Times View post: GM Turnaround Continues With Strong Quarter – New York Times Call or visit our website to speak to a bankruptcy attorney or learn more about filing for bankruptcy . Baxter & Baxter, LLP 8835 SW Canyon Lane, Suite 130 Portland, Oregon 97225 (503) 297-9031 Portland Oregon Bankruptcy Baxter & Baxter, LLP 1101 Broadway Street, Suite 213 Vancouver, Washington 98660 (360) 574-5239 Vancouver WA Bankruptcy
Also tagged after-emerging, bankruptcy-last, baxter, call-or-visit, general-motors, oregon, portland-oregon, strong-quarter, times, vancouverChrysler reported a net loss of $172 million for the second quarter amid sluggish sales, the latest sign the smallest of the Detroit three auto makers continues to struggle a year after emerging from bankruptcy reorganization. More: Chrysler Posts Loss
Also tagged 172-million, amid-sluggish, chrysler-posts, detroit, latest, makers-continues, net-loss, posts, smallest, the-latest, three-autoAP – TURNAROUND: NYSE Euronext earned $184 million, or 70 cents per share, during the second quarter after losing $182 million, or 70 cents per share, a year ago.
Also tagged 182-million, 184-million, after-losing, business, cents-per, during-the-second, nyseAFP – German retail giant Metro posted Monday a 15.4 percent drop in second quarter net profit to 44 million euros (57 million dollars), well below analyst’s forecasts owing to restructuring charges and higher interest payments.
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