<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>123Jump.com: Earnings News</title><link>http://www.123jump.com/earnings-archive/</link><description>Stock Market Update, IPO profiles, Earnings Call Transcripts, Economic news, company news, Mutual funds profile,Earnings News, Mutual Fund Managers,Industry sectors, Oil and Natural Gas stocks - 123Jump</description><image><title>123Jump.com: Earnings News</title><link>http://www.123jump.com/earnings-archive/</link><url>http://www.123jump.com/images/logo_home.jpg</url><width>160</width><height>66</height><description>Stock Market Update, IPO profiles, Earnings Call Transcripts, Economic news, company news, Mutual funds profile,Earnings News, Mutual Fund Managers,Industry sectors, Oil and Natural Gas stocks - 123Jump</description></image><copyright>1999-2007 123jump.com, Inc. All rights reserved</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400</lastBuildDate><item><title>AMR and Delta Post Losses</title><link>http://www.123jump.com/earnings-story/AMR and Delta Post Losses/28611/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:02:00 -0400</pubDate><description>Two of the three largest U.S. airlines reported sharply higher losses in the latest quarter on rising fuel bill and mounting charges of reducing  staff and grounding airplanes. AMR, the parent of American Air reported second quarter loss fo $1.45 billion as revenue rose 5.1% to $6.18 billion. Fuel bill jumped by $838 million from a year ago quarter. Separately, Delta Air Lines reported second quarter loss of $1.04 billion on revenue rise of 10% to $5.5 billion.</description><author>123jump.com Staff</author></item><item><title>Infosys Falls on Conservative Outlook</title><link>http://www.123jump.com/earnings-story/Infosys Falls on Conservative Outlook/28577/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:07:00 -0400</pubDate><description>Infosys, the second largest software service provider from India fell after it issued a conservative revenue and earnings guidance. For the first quarter ending in June, the company revenue increased 24% to $1.16 billion and net income increased 16% to $306 million or 54 cents per share. In the quarter, the company added 49 new clients with a total of 567 active clients at the end of the period. The company added net of 3,192 people with total emloyees of 94,379.</description><author>123jump.com Staff</author></item><item><title>Infrastructure Drives GE Earnings</title><link>http://www.123jump.com/earnings-story/Infrastructure Drives GE Earnings/28559/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:19:00 -0400</pubDate><description>General Electric, one of the largest conglomerates in the world reported second quarter revenue rise of 11% to $46.9 billion but net income declined 6% to $5.07 billion or 51 cents per share. The infrastructure division that sells gas turbines, locomotives and aircraft engines continue to drive earnings, as it has for the last eight quarters. GE Money Japan is sold to Shinsei bank for $4.5 billion.</description><author>123jump.com Staff</author></item><item><title>Shaw Group Rises; Marriott, Chattem Fall</title><link>http://www.123jump.com/earnings-story/Shaw Group Rises; Marriott Chattem Fall/28536/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:37:00 -0400</pubDate><description>Shaw Group third quarter revenue rose 14% to $1.8 billion but net income declined 0.4% to $53.9 million. Earnings per share fell to 64 cents from 66 cents a year ago. Consumer products company Chattem Inc revenue rose 3% to $116.7 million and net income rose 39% to $20.7 million. Earnings per share increased to $1.06 from 77 cents a year ago. Hotel chain operator Marriott second quarter revenue rose 2% to $3.19 billion and net income fell 24% to $157 million.</description><author>123jump.com Staff</author></item><item><title>Persimmon First Half Sales Drop 34%</title><link>http://www.123jump.com/earnings-story/Persimmon First Half Sales Drop 34/28516/</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:02:00 -0400</pubDate><description>The building company reported that completions of house sales fell 31% to 5,501 in the six months to June 30. Average prices for completed homes fell 4.1% to £181,500 compared to £189,255 in the corresponding period in 2007. Second quarter order book at £650 million was 30% lower that the comparable period in 2007. For the first half, Persimmon forecast that underlying operating margin before goodwill impairment and exceptional costs will fall to 14% from 20.8% a year earlier.</description><author>123jump.com Staff</author></item><item><title>Peugeot Sees West Europe Market Shrink</title><link>http://www.123jump.com/earnings-story/Peugeot Sees West Europe Market Shrink/28515/</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:45:00 -0400</pubDate><description>Europe''s second biggest carmaker after Volkswagen backed its global sales growth target of 5% for 2008 as demand for new models increased in Russia, Brazil and Argentina. Peugeot Citroen produced 1,080,000 Peugeot type vehicles and 765,000 Citroen vehicles in the first half of the year. Sales dropped 3.5% in Western Europe to 1.230 million units split between 659,000 Peugeot and 572,000 Citroen.</description><author>123jump.com Staff</author></item><item><title>Apollo Group, Family Dollar Rise</title><link>http://www.123jump.com/earnings-story/Apollo Group Family Dollar Rise/28450/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:32:00 -0400</pubDate><description>Apollo Group reported third quarter revenue rose 14% to $835 million and net income increased 5% to $139.1 million from a year ago. The University of Phoenix, an online educations services provider said instruction cost and services fell to 41.6% from 43.8% from a year ago. Separately general merchandise retailer, Family Dollar reported sales increase of 2.9% to $1.702 billion and net income increased 7% to $64.7 million.</description><author>123jump.com Staff</author></item><item><title>Porsche Sales Rise 0.7%</title><link>http://www.123jump.com/earnings-story/Porsche Sales Rise 0.7/28445/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:31:00 -0400</pubDate><description>Porsche said that profits for the quarter were flat, while volumes jumped 3.1% to 82,025 vehicles. Earnings contributions from helped offset lower results at the company’s traditional sports car business. In the first 10 months of the year, Porsche’s 911 and Boxster/Cayman models lost 14.9% to 26,614 cars and 20.4% to 18,149, respectively. Cayenne deliveries gained 46.5% to 37,258 SUVs.</description><author>123jump.com Staff</author></item><item><title>Oracle Fourth Quarter Profit Jumps 27%</title><link>http://www.123jump.com/earnings-story/Oracle Fourth Quarter Profit Jumps 27/28441/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:09:00 -0400</pubDate><description>Oracle earned $2.04 billion, or 39 cents per share, in the three months ending in May, up 27% from $1.6 billion or 31 cents per share a year ago. Revenue came in at $7.24 billion, up 24% from $5.83 billion last year. New software licenses in the quarter were up 27%. Oracle has spent about $35 billion during the past three years buying up smaller competitors in order to challenge Germany-based SAP in business applications software.</description><author>123jump.com Staff</author></item><item><title>Research in Motion Outlook Disappoints</title><link>http://www.123jump.com/earnings-story/Research in Motion Outlook Disappoints/28440/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:44:00 -0400</pubDate><description>Revenue doubled to $2.24 billion in the three months ended May 31, from $1.08 billion a year ago thanks to strong device sales. The company guided second-quarter profit to between 84 cents and 89 cents per share disappointing analysts and, as a result, shares of Research in Motion tumbled at market open Thursday after having gained more than 25% since the start of the year.</description><author>123jump.com Staff</author></item></channel></rss>
