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FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2017, file photo, store greeter Danny Olivar, right, lends a hand to a customer to heft an air conditioning unit from a rapidly declining stock at a Home Depot store ahead of an expected heat wave in Seattle. The Home Depot Inc. reports earnings Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
August 14, 2018 - 7:02 am

Home Depot roars back in the second quarter

ATLANTA (AP) — Home Depot handily beat expectations during the second quarter, bouncing back from a slow start to the year when terrible weather cooled construction projects. The world's biggest home improvement retailer boosted its full-year profit and revenue forecasts Tuesday. Higher mortgage...
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August 09, 2018 - 10:08 am

Bubble Wrap maker under investigation by the SEC

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Bubble Wrap trademark holder and maker is under investigation by the Securities Exchange Commission. The Charlotte Observer reports Sealed Air said in its second-quarter earnings report Monday that it received a subpoena on June 25 for accounting and financial reporting...
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August 07, 2018 - 2:39 am

Unicredit 2Q higher as bank continues reforms

MILAN (AP) — UniCredit says its second-quarter profits grew by 8 percent as the Italian bank pushes reforms aimed at raising capital and cutting costs. The bank, Italy's biggest by assets, on Tuesday reported net profit of 1 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in the period, compared with 945 million...
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A currency trader stretches himself while working at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 6, 2018. Asian stocks rose Monday despite a new Chinese threat of tariff hikes on U.S. goods after Washington reported solid employment numbers. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
August 06, 2018 - 7:32 am

Global stocks mostly higher amid strong earnings, growth

BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets were mostly higher Monday as investors focused on strong company earnings and economic data even as the U.S.-China trade dispute heated up. KEEPING SCORE: Germany's DAX rose 0.7 percent to 12,698 while London's FTSE 100 gained 0.1 percent to 7,666. France's CAC...
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August 06, 2018 - 1:23 am

HSBC 1st half pre-tax profit up 4.6 pct on strong growth

Global bank HSBC says its pre-tax profit in the first half of the year rose 4.6 percent as its strategy focused on growing markets paid off. The London-based bank's $10.7 billion pre-tax profit in January-June compared with $10.2 billion a year earlier. Quarterly pre-tax profit surged to $5.96...
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August 04, 2018 - 11:28 am

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reports a $12B 2Q profit

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Saturday reported a $12 billion second-quarter profit. Warren Buffett's conglomerate reported a profit of $4.87 per Class B share. A year ago, Berkshire reported $4.3 billion in net income, or $1.73 per Class B share. Buffett has long said Berkshire's operating earnings...
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FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, People walk past one of the headquarters buildings showing the logo of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in London. The Royal Bank of Scotland on Friday Aug. 3, 2018, announced a fall in second-quarter profit after being hit by a big charge from U.S. authorities, but the bank says it will pay its first dividend to shareholders in a decade. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, FILE)
August 03, 2018 - 4:52 am

RBS says profit down after US settlement, picture improving

LONDON (AP) — The Royal Bank of Scotland announced a steep fall in second-quarter profit Friday after being hit by a big charge from U.S. authorities over past misdeeds. But the bank said it is putting its troubled past behind it and will pay its first dividend to shareholders in a decade. RBS,...
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A visitor walks through a Toyota showroom in Tokyo Friday, Aug. 3, 2018. Toyota Motor Corp. has reported its quarterly profit climbed 7.2 percent, helped by strong sales in the U.S. and other overseas markets. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
August 03, 2018 - 2:02 am

Toyota logs record 1Q profit, cuts full year sales outlook

TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. has reported its quarterly profit climbed 7.2 percent, helped by strong sales in the U.S. and other overseas markets. The maker of the Camry sedan, Prius hybrid and Lexus luxury models said Friday that its April-June net profit was 657.3 billion yen ($5.9 billion),...
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FILE - In this March 9, 2015 file photo, honoree Les Moonves, president and CEO of CBS Corporation, arrives at the 2015 Silver Circle Gala at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. CBS will report second quarter earnings on Thursday, July 2, 2018, as turmoil swirls around the media company. It faces an investigation of its CEO and is in the middle of a lawsuit against its parent company as the all-important fall TV season approaches. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
August 02, 2018 - 6:04 pm

CBS' 2Q net income up as CEO faces sexual-misconduct probe

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS on Thursday reported a boost in second-quarter net income from the tax overhaul and higher fees from affiliates and subscribers, as turmoil swirls around the media company ahead of the important fall TV season. CEO Les Moonves is facing an investigation after the New Yorker...
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FILE--In this Aug. 14, 2015, file photo, performers stand on stage during the Kabuki Spectacle in front of the Bellagio hotel and casino in Las Vegas. MGM Resorts International on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, reported second-quarter earnings of $123 million. (AP Photo/John Locher, file)
August 02, 2018 - 3:59 pm

Like competitors, MGM Resorts expects week third quarter

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Industry analysts grilled MGM Resorts International executives Thursday after the company forecast weak results for the current quarter because — just like its competitors — it expects fewer scheduled entertainment events and lower room rates in Las Vegas this summer. Chairman and...
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