Florida's sluggish real estate market contributed to a 24 percent drop in first-quarter earnings at Progress Energy, the company reported Thursday. ...more

May 9, 2008

Recreational boat retailer MarineMax said Thursday that it posted a loss of $3.51 million, or 19 cents a share, for the fiscal second quarter that ended March 31, from net income of $3.3 million in the year-earlier quarter. ...more

May 2, 2008

Hewlett-Packard Co. started its fiscal year with a first-quarter profit above analyst expectations and predicted its performance will improve in the months ahead, providing a ray of hope in the gathering economic gloom. ...more

February 20, 2008

Shares of Progress Energy fell Thursday after the Raleigh, N.C.-based energy company reported a 38 percent drop in fourth-quarter earnings. ...more

February 15, 2008

Exxon Mobil Corp. posted the largest annual profit by a U.S. company - $40.6 billion - on Friday as the world's biggest publicly traded oil company benefited from historic crude prices at the end of the year. ...more

February 2, 2008

Burger King Holdings said Thursday that its second-quarter profit jumped 29 percent as the stalwart Whopper, the new Homestyle Melt and promotions with TV tie-ins fired up worldwide sales. ...more

February 1, 2008

Nike Inc. posted second-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates on higher sales in China and Europe and a weaker dollar. The shares rose 4.2 percent in late U.S. trading. ...more

December 20, 2007

Carnival Corp.'s third-quarter profit rose 12 percent as the world's largest cruise operator benefited from higher booking prices and new ships in North America and Europe, lifting shares as much as 5 percent. ...more

September 21, 2007