- Toshiba to Briefly Halt Chip Output on Weak Demand
- Boeing Mulls Pushing Back Dreamliner Deliveries
- Chief Executive Quits Australian Publisher Fairfax
- Asian Markets Wobble on Gloomy Economic Outlook
- Motor Racing-Honda Pulls Out of Formula One
- Job Cuts Picking Up Steam Just in Time for Holidays
- Pros Say: Bear Market Rallies = New Reality
- CEOs Sound Off: Budget Deficit, Bailouts & More
- Bernanke: 'More Needs To Be Done' on Foreclosures
- Wall of Shame: Fortress Investment's Wes Edens
- Cramer to Geithner: Let FDIC Chair Keep Her Job
- Lightning Round: Boeing, Medtronic, Agrium and More
- Lightning Round OT: Continental, Amylin Pharma and More
- Sell Block: Cramer's Solution for Mortgage-Backed Paper Mess
- Toll Brothers CEO's Housing Outlook
- Making Money Off M&A
- Your First Move For Friday December 5th
- Web Extra: Fast & Furious Trades For Friday
- Malaysia's Proton to build new car with Mitsubishi
- ADB lends $500 mln to clean up dirtiest river
- Tough economy forces many US Muslims delay hajj
- Mexico wants to shrink coins to save a few cents
- Mexican Senate passes stricter credit rules
- US, China promise $20 billion to finance trade
- Cemex: World Bank unit to hear Venezuela dispute
- Philippines' inflation eases for 3rd month
- Report: Boeing may further postpone 787 deliveries
- CEO of Australia's Fairfax Media resigns
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Among the earnings projection stories for Thursday, Dec. 4, from AP Financial News:
Top stories:
NEW YORK (AP) — Merck & Co. said its profit will fall in 2009 due to restructuring costs, generic competition and slower sales of key products.
DOVER, Del. (AP) — DuPont Co. will cut 2,500 jobs and said it will not turn a profit in the fourth quarter as a severe slowdown in the automotive and construction markets eats away at chemical sales.
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — World-leading mobile phone maker Nokia Corp. downgraded its fourth-quarter market outlook Thursday for the second time, saying the slowdown in the industry was bigger than expected.
Other stories:
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Nu Skin Enterprises Inc., which sells personal-care products and nutritional supplements, forecast slightly lower profit and revenue than analysts expected in 2009.
LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. (AP) — Dental X-ray system maker Sirona Dental Systems Inc. said Thursday its fiscal 2009 operating income and revenue will be roughly flat with 2008 results due to the global economic slump.
DEVENS, Mass. (AP) — Energy equipment supplier American Superconductor Corp. reaffirmed its fiscal 2008 outlook but issued a 2009 revenue outlook below Wall Street's expectations.
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