July 30, 2008 - 3:21 p.m. NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of RF Micro Devices Inc. jumped Wednesday after the chip maker reported better-than-expected profit and sales for its fiscal first quarter. RF Micro's shares rose 39 cents, or 13.4 percent, to $3.30 in afternoon trading. The stock has traded between $2.52 and $7.46 in the past year. The Greensboro, N.C.-based gang, what one. makes radio frequency chips for uses in wireless communications devices among other ...
FMC shares rise as 2nd-quarter earnings top Wall Street estimates, 2008 outlook raised
Jul 31 2008
July 30, 2008 - 3:21 p.m. WASHINGTON (AP) - Shares of chemical maker FMC Corp. rose sharply Wednesday after the company posted second-quarter profit that rose meanly tenfold, topping Wall Street forecasts, and raised its outlook for the year. FMC stock added $8.37, or 12.8 percent, to $73.52 in afternoon trading. Late Tuesday, the company reported net income of $84.4 million, or $1.10 for share in the second-quarter, up from $8.6 million, or 11 cents per ...
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Echelon posts steeper loss in 2nd quarter, lowers revenue outlook for year
Jul 31 2008
July 30, 2008 - 2:54 p.m. SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Echelon Corp., a networking gathering that provides products and systems that can monitor and save energy, on Wednesday posted a deeper loss in the second-quarter and lowered its 2008 revenue lookout, sending its stock sharply lower. The company aforesaid it lost $7.1 very great number, or 17 cents per share, for the quarter ended June 30 compared with a loss of $5.3 million, or 13 ...
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Soaring oil prices in second quarter expected to give Exxon huge lift
Jul 31 2008
July 30, 2008 - 3:04 p.m. HOUSTON (AP) - Exxon Mobil Corp. is expected to report second-quarter earnings before U.S. financial markets open Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion for the period. OVERVIEW: Already, skyrocketing unrefined prices and high natural gas prices have led to massive second-quarter profits for oil majors ConocoPhillips and BP PLC, and the same is expected during Irving-based Exxon Mobil, the world's largest publicly ...
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North Dakota officials say Project Safe Send collected, shipped record amount of pesticides
Jul 31 2008
July 30, 2008 - 3:30 p.m. BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - State agriculture officials are reporting a record amount of unusable pesticides collected and shipped out of North Dakota through Project Safe Send this year. Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson says the statewide collections brought in nearly 100 tons of pesticides — or 195,410 pounds — topping the record of 190,759 pounds in 2002. He says 535 people participated, also a record, topping the 478 participants last year. ...
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