Hasbro Profit Falls on Charge
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Hasbro Inc. , the world's second-largest toy maker, posted a better-than-expected second-quarter profit on Monday, helped by strong demand for movie-related toys such as Transformers and Spider-Man.
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The company's sales fall, pulling down its stock price.
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The struggling home furnishings retailer posts a 37% drop in Q3 earnings and cuts guidance.
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BusinessWeek Online - Barnes &amp; Noble  is bracing for disappointing profits this year, as the bookseller struggles to keep customers by lowering prices. Shares of the retailer tumbled 11.4% to $35.56 on Mar. 5, after the company trimmed its forecast for 2007 and plans to close an Internet distribution center.
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Hasbro Inc. , the second  largest U.S. toy maker, reported a 15 percent rise in  fourth-quarter profit on Friday, helped by strong sales of Nerf  balls and Monopoly board games.
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Hasbro Inc., the nation&#39;s second largest toy maker, reported higher earnings for the third quarter compared with results depressed by an accounting charge a year ago.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Hasbro Inc. reported a hefty 24 percent rise in its fourth-quarter profit on Monday and named a successor to its chief executive who is becoming chairman of the world's second biggest toymaker.
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Top U.S. consumer electronics retailer Best Buy Co. Inc.  said on Tuesday its quarterly profit fell, dragged down by sales of lower margin products.
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Dow Chemical Co  said on Thursday that third-quarter profit fell, hurt by a change in German tax law and a charge for acquisition costs.
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Burlington Northern Santa Fe BNI.N,  the No. 2 U.S. rail group, on Tuesday reported a sharp drop in  net profit after taking a charge related to a change in the way  it estimates asbestos and environmental liabilities, but posted  record quarterly revenue.
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Fourth-quarter profit fell by 9 percent as energy prices declined, but the company still ended up with its third consecutive year of record earnings.
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Aramark Corp.  on Wednesday  posted lower quarterly profit due to a charge for weakness in  its uniform business and costs for terminating two food-service  contracts.
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Barnes & Noble Inc. BKS.N, the top  U.S. bookseller, on Monday said quarterly profit fell due to  higher expenses and weaker demand for bestseller titles,  sending its stock down more than 2 percent.
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Barnes & Noble Inc. BKS.N, the  leading U.S. bookseller, on Monday said quarterly profit fell  due to higher expenses and soft demand for titles in its  bestseller category.
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Hasbro Inc HAS.N, the No. 2 U.S. toy  maker, on Monday reported fourth-quarter earnings rose 7.2  percent, after cutting costs to offset a tougher retail  environment and declines at its U.S. toys unit.
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Hasbro Inc , the second-largest U.S. toy company, posted a higher quarterly profit on Monday, helped by sales of its Playskool toys and continued strong demand for products tied to the Transformers movie.
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Profit at PG&amp;E Corp. fell 55.3 percent in the most recent quarter, a drop the company blamed Tuesday on a lingering effect of California&#39;s energy crisis.