**COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO, Wednesday close $117.90. Colgate-Palmolive Co posted lower quarterly profit on Thursday as sales grew but the recent devaluation of the Venezuelan bolivar led to a hefty charge. Net income rose to $550 million, or 46 cents per share, in the first quarter from $412 million, or 35 cents per share, a year earlier.
*Brean capital cuts price target to to $77 from $80; rating buy. For a summary of rating and price target changes on U.S. companies: Reuters Eikon users, click on RCH/US Reuters 3000 Xtra users, double-click RCH/US Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
*BMO cuts price target to $77 rom $80; rating outperform. For a summary of rating and price target changes on U.S. companies: Reuters Eikon users, click on RCH/US Reuters 3000 Xtra users, double-click RCH/US Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
*Piper Jaffray cuts price target to $74 from $83; rating overweight. Reuters Station users, click. 1568. Reuters Station users, click. 4899.
*Barclays cuts price target to $68 from $77. Reuters Station users, click. 1568. Reuters Station users, click. 4899.
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 24- Leading mobile chipmaker Qualcomm forecast earnings below expectations on Wednesday as competition in smartphones intensifies and shifts toward Asia, and its stock fell sharply.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 24- Leading cellphone chipmaker Qualcomm forecast earnings below expectations on Wednesday as competition in the smartphone market intensifies, sending its stock sharply lower.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 24- Leading cellphone chipmaker Qualcomm raised its full-year revenue forecast as demand for smartphones continues to grow, but its estimate for full-year earnings was shy of expectations and its shares fell sharply.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 24- Leading cellphone chipmaker Qualcomm raised its full-year revenue forecast as demand for smartphones continues to grow. Qualcomm said it expects full-year revenue of $24.0 billion to $25 billion, up from its prior forecast of between $23.4 billion and $24.4 billion.
NEW YORK, April 24- Qualcomm Inc:.
*P&G slips, Boeing gains after earnings. But support for the Dow and S&P was provided Boeing Co, which jumped 4.2 percent to $91.92 as the top boost for each index after the aerospace giant reported first-quarter earnings.
U.S. stock index futures shaved their early gains following a weaker-than-expected durable goods orders report and as Apple shares weighed.
*P&G slips, Boeing gains after earnings. "It's basically just confirming what we've seen in the economic numbers so far this month, that basically, things weren't quite as good as we thought at the end of the first quarter," said Peter Jankovskis, co-chief investment officer at OakBrook Investments LLC in Lisle, Illinois.
*P&G slips, Boeing gains after earnings. Boeing Co jumped 3.3 percent to $91.10 in premarket trading after the aerospace giant reported first-quarter earnings.
*Procter and Gamble Co slipped 1.9 percent to $81 in premarket trading after the world's largest household products maker posted third-quarter earnings.