- Jobless Claims Take Small Drop; Productivity Falls
- ECB Stays Restrained, Cuts by Only Half a Point
- Nearly Every Stock is Cheap: Strategist
- Singapore Airlines Net Falls 36% on High Fuel
- InBev Sticks to Bud Deal, Earnings Just Above Forecasts
- Euro Shares Extend Losses after ECB Rate Cut
- KBC Reports Loss on Steep Investment Charges
- LaSalle Raises Cash to Buy UK Bargain Property
- European Shares Set to Slip, Rate Cuts Awaited
- Blackstone 3Q loss widens due to financial crisis
- Ross Stores October sales dip 2 percent
- BJ's Wholesale Club hikes 3Q guidance
- Huntsman 3Q loss shrinks on higher prices
- Anheuser-Busch 3Q profit hurt by InBev sale charge
- TJX October same-store sales fall 6 percent
- Bakers October same-store sales rise 6.2 percent
- Greenbrier 4th-quarter profit falls 44 percent
- Cato Corp. same-store sales rise 4 percent
- Ahead of the Bell: Ambac Financial falls
Among the earnings stories for Wednesday, Nov. 5, from AP Financial Desk News:
Top stories:
NEW YORK (AP) — Time Warner Inc. reported third-quarter profits Wednesday that beat Wall Street expectations, even as its AOL online unit continued to weigh down the company with a 6 percent decline in advertising revenue.
Other stories:
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Duke Energy Corp. said Wednesday its third-quarter profit fell 65 percent due to what the company called the worst Midwest storm-related outages ever, worsening economic conditions and mild weather.
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. (AP) — Pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions Inc. said Wednesday its third-quarter profit rose 38 percent on higher prices for brand name drugs and new clients, topping Wall Street forecasts.
NORWELL, Mass. (AP) — Waste management services provider Clean Harbors Inc. reported Wednesday a 13 percent jump in third-quarter profit on a double-digit increase in sales.
NEW YORK (AP) — Cosmetics maker Revlon Inc. said Wednesday it swung to a third-quarter profit on a one-time gain from the sale of a unit.
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. (AP) — Office-products maker Acco Brands Corp. said Wednesday it swung to a third-quarter loss, hurt by restructuring and impairment charges and lower demand for products amid a weak economic environment.
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. said Wednesday its third-quarter profit rose 67 percent as lower losses from derivatives offset a drop in vehicle rental revenue.


