WellPoint Quarterly Net Profit Falls
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WellPoint Inc. WLP.N on Monday  posted a drop in fourth-quarter net profit on  debt-repayment  costs and charges related to its merger with Anthem Inc., which  created the biggest U.S. health insurer.
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Safeway Inc. , the third-largest U.S. grocer, on Tuesday reported a lower quarterly profit as it grappled with lingering costs from a labor strike in California earlier this year.
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McGraw-Hill Cos , the book and  magazine publisher and owner of Standard & Poor's, on Thursday  said fourth-quarter profit fell 31 percent, as disruptions in  global capital markets dampened demand for credit ratings.
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U.S. oil and gas producer XTO Energy  Inc.  on Tuesday said its fourth-quarter profit fell as  lower natural gas prices weighed on results.
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The home goods retailer Bed Bath & Beyond posted a lower fiscal third-quarter profit and warned that this quarterâs results would be lower than expected.
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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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Infineon&#39;s net profit fell to $54.6 million in the fourth quarter from $63 million in the third quarter of last year. The net result came up short of analyst forecasts of $169 million.
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Marsh &amp; McLennan  posted a bigger-than-expected drop in quarterly profit as it digested higher costs and hefty restructuring charges.
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Costco Wholesale Corp.  on  Thursday said its quarterly profit fell, hurt by charges for  expensing stock options.
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DuPont Co. , the No. 2 U.S. chemical maker, on Tuesday posted a lower quarterly profit after a large tax gain a year earlier and forecast earnings growth in 2005.
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Health insurers WellPoint Inc.  and Humana Inc.  both posted lower quarter net profit on Monday, though results slightly topped Wall Street expectations.
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Safeway Inc. SWY.N, the  third-largest U.S. grocer, on Tuesday reported a lower  quarterly profit as it grappled with lingering costs from a  labor strike in California earlier this year.
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Loews Corp  said on Monday  fourth-quarter profit fell 31 percent, hurt by subprime  investment losses at its CNA Financial Corp  insurance  business and weaker results in its tobacco and drilling units.
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Chevron Corp. , the No. 2 U.S.  oil company, said on Friday its fourth-quarter profit fell,  pulled down by weaker natural gas prices and refining margins.
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Pharmaceutical wholesaler McKesson  Corp  reported on Thursday that its quarterly profit  fell 17 percent as results were hurt by lower profit margins on  certain generic drugs and charges taken.
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Boston Scientific Corp.  posted a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Friday as sales of its flagship drug-eluting heart stent fell by 32 percent.
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The largest U.S. mortgage lender said quarterly profit slid 33 percent and slashed its full-year earnings outlook, citing rising defaults as the housing market slumps.