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Capital raised this year from new listings on Brazil's stock market is set to top $10.6bn this week - the highest January to June total in the country's history. The FT reports.
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*First-quarter adj earnings/share 69 cents vs est 61 cents. April 25- Dow Chemical Co posted a better-than-expected 33 percent jump in quarterly profit as farmers in the Americas bought more of its seeds and pesticides, overshadowing a decline in European demand for its plastics.
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*EPS $2.12 vs Street's $2.05. April 25- Exxon Mobil Corp said on Thursday its quarterly profit edged up, helped by higher earnings in its chemicals business but oil and gas production fell. First-quarter profit for the world's largest publicly traded oil company totaled $9.5 billion, or $2.12 per share, compared with $9.45 billion, or $2 per share, a year earlier.
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April 25- U.S. weapons maker Raytheon Co on Thursday increased its profit forecast for 2013 after a stronger-than-expected jump in first-quarter earnings, the only major arms company to boost its earnings guidance despite fresh U.S. defense budget cuts.
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April 25- Bristol-Myers Squibb's first-quarter earnings plunged 45 percent on generic competition for its drugs, but surprisingly low taxes enabled the company to meet Wall Street's forecast. The company said on Thursday that it earned $609 million, or 37 cents per share, compared with $1.1 billion, or 64 cents per share, a year earlier.
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April 25- Exxon Mobil Corp said on Thursday its quarterly profit edged up, helped by higher earnings in its chemicals business but oil and gas production fell. First-quarter profit for the world's largest publicly traded oil company totaled $9.5 billion, or $2.12 per share, compared with $9.45 billion, or $2 per share, a year earlier.
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*First-quarter earnings $1.04/ share vs est $1.01. April 25- United Parcel Service Inc, the world's largest package-delivery company, reported a quarterly profit above analysts' estimates, buoyed by a stronger-than-expected post-holiday season in January.
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DETROIT, April 25- BorgWarner Inc, which makes automotive turbochargers and emissions systems, on Thursday posted a stronger-than-expected quarterly profit and reaffirmed its full-year financial outlook. Excluding one-time items, BorgWarner earned $1.30 a share, 6 cents better than what analysts polled by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S had expected.
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April 25- Exxon Mobil Corp's quarterly profit edged up, as the world's largest publicly traded oil company's results were helped by higher earnings in its chemicals business. Profit in the first quarter was $9.5 billion, or $2.12 per share compared with $9.45 billion, or $2.00 per share a year earlier, the company reported on Thursday.
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*First quarter EPS, excluding items, $1.97 vs est $1.61. *Forecasts 2013 earnings per share of $7.80 to $7.90. Biogen said it now expects earnings, excluding items, of $7.80 to $7.90 per share, up from its prior view of $7.15 to $7.25 per share.
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NEW YORK, April 25- Private equity firm KKR& Co LP posted a 10.9 percent quarterly decline in earnings on Thursday due to a slower appreciation of its funds and said it will share 40 percent of profits from its own investments with shareholders.
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April 25- JetBlue Airways Corp reported a lower first-quarter profit on Thursday, citing weak demand and higher costs. Earnings came to $14 million, or 5 cents a share, compared with $30 million, or 9 cents a share, a year earlier, the company said on Thursday.
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*First-quarter adj earnings per share $1.09 vs est $1.04. The candymaker posted a 6 percent increase in revenue to $1.83 billion, driven by higher sales in the United States, its largest market, and the introduction of Brookside Foods Ltd products into its line-up.
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April 25- Soft drink bottler Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc reported lower quarterly earnings on Thursday and said it would not exercise its right to acquire Coca-Cola Co's German bottling operations. Net income was $61 million, or 21 cents per share, in the first quarter, down from $109 million, or 35 cents per share, a year earlier.
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April 25- Colgate-Palmolive Co's first-quarter profit matched Wall Street's expectations on Thursday, as the toothpaste maker raised prices and spent more to advertise new products while cutting other costs.
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April 25- Mead Johnson Nutrition Co reported higher quarterly earnings on Thursday that met Wall Street estimates, helped by strength in Asia and Latin America, and stood by its full-year forecast.
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April 25- ConocoPhillips reported lower quarterly earnings on Thursday as oil and natural gas production edged down along with crude prices. Conoco had a first-quarter profit of $2.1 billion, or $1.73 per share, down from $2.9 billion, or $2.27 per share, a year earlier.
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April 25- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co reported lower first-quarter earnings, in line with forecasts, thanks to unexpectedly lower taxes and sharply higher sales of its treatments for melanoma, leukemia and diabetes. Wall Street had been expecting a tax rate in about the 15 percent range.
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April 25- Soft drink bottler Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc reported lower quarterly earnings on Thursday and said it would not exercise its right to acquire Coca-Cola Co's German bottling operations. Net income was $61 million, or 21 cents per share, in the first quarter, down from $109 million, or 35 cents per share, a year earlier.
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April 25- Mead Johnson Nutrition Co reported higher quarterly earnings on Thursday, helped by strength in Asia and Latin America. The maker of Enfamil baby food said net income was $172.5 million, or 85 cents per share, in the first quarter, compared with $164.2 million, or 80 cents per share, a year earlier. Sales rose 5 percent to $1.04 billion.
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April 25- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co reported lower first-quarter earnings, in line with forecasts, thanks to unexpectedly lower taxes and sharply higher sales of its treatments for melanoma, leukemia and diabetes. The company on Thursday said it earned $609 million, or 37 cents per share, in the quarter.
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