Berkshire Hathaway profit rises 33 pct

(Reuters) - Operating profit, excluding gains from investments and derivatives, rose 22 percent to $2.51 billion, or $1,625 per share, from $2.05 billion, or $1,331.




Analysts on average had expected profit of $1,460 per share, according to Reuters Estimates.


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Markel posts higher Q2 earnings

(Reuters) - Analysts on average had expected the company to earn $8.59
a share for the quarter, excluding exceptional items, according
to Reuters Estimates.





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UPDATE 1-Vornado FFO rises in second quarter

(Reuters) - Funds from operations, or FFO, a measure of REIT
performance that removes the effects of depreciation, increased
22 percent to $281.7 million, or $1.72 per diluted share, from
$230.4 million, or $1.49, a year earlier.




Analysts on average had expected FFO of $1.64 per share,
according to Reuters Estimates.


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UPDATE 1-U.S. core inflation rose 0.1 percent in June

(Reuters) - Analysts polled by Reuters were expecting the core price
index to gain 0.2 percent on the month.




In the same report, the government said that, in seasonally
adjusted data, personal income rose 0.4 percent while personal
spending rose a less-than-forecast 0.1 percent, the weakest
showing since a drop in spending in September of last year.


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Regal-Beloit second-quarter earnings rise

(Reuters) - Quarterly net sales rose 5.6 percent to $459.8 million.




Analysts on average were expecting second-quarter earnings
of $1.04 a share, before special items, on revenue of $456.6
million, according to Reuters Estimates.



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Horizon Lines quarterly profit rises

(Reuters) - Excluding one-time items, it earned 29 cents a share.




Analysts on average had expected the Charlotte, North
Carolina-based company to earn 32 cents a share, according to
Reuters Estimates.



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Moog posts higher quarterly earnings

(Reuters) - Sales in the latest quarter, rose 21 percent to $403.8
million. Analysts on average expected $370.6 million.





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BSkyB posts strong operating profit, revenue

(Reuters) - Analysts had expected operating profit of 775 million pounds
and revenue of 4.52 billion pounds according to Reuters
Estimates.




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UPDATE 1-Massey Energy's second-quarter profit soars

(Reuters) - Net income jumped to $34.9 million, or 43 cents per share,
from $3.2 million, or 4 cents per share, a year ago.




Analysts on average were expecting per-share earnings of 39
cents, according to Reuters Estimates.


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UPDATE 1-Mexico economy grew 2.9 pct in May, above forecast

(Reuters) - Economic activity was up 0.35 percent in May from April
according to the monthly IGAE index, which measures the vast
majority of Mexico's economic output.




Analysts in a Reuters poll on average had expected economic
activity to grow 2.15 percent in May.


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Phoenix Cos. second-quarter profit rises

(Reuters) - Analysts expected the company to report profit of 26 cents
a share, before items, according to Reuters Estimates.





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Duncan Energy posts Q2 earnings below analysts' estimates

(Reuters) - Analysts on average were expecting the company to earn 23
cents per unit, excluding items, on revenue of $207.1 million,
according to Reuters Estimates.





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Granite Construction quarterly profit rises

(Reuters) - Total revenue fell 5.1 percent to $770.9 million.




Analysts were expecting earnings of 71 cents a share,
before items, on revenue of $772.8 million, according to
Reuters Estimates.



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Genzyme 2nd-qtr profit rises, raises 2007 outlook

(Reuters) - The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotechnology company said net earnings rose to $139.9 million, or 51 cents a share, from $134.5 million, or 49 cents a share, a year before.



Excluding one-time items, the company posted a profit of 88 cents a share. Analysts had expected earnings of 81 cents a share.


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FBR Capital Markets posts Q2 profit above Street view

(Reuters) - Analysts were expecting the company to earn 24 cents a
share, on revenue of $150.2 million, according to Reuters
Estimates.





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Monaco Q2 profit rises

(Reuters) - Analysts were expecting earnings of 12 cents a share,
excluding items, on revenue of $351.3 million, according to
Reuters Estimates.





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UPDATE 1-Synovus quarterly profit rises; cuts '07 earnings view

(Reuters) - The Columbus, Georgia-based financial services company said
second-quarter earnings rose to $162.8 million, or 50 cents a
share, compared with $152.8 million, or 47 cents a share, in
the year-ago quarter.




Analysts had expected the company to earn 48 cents a share
for the quarter, according to Reuters Estimates.


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Smith International profit rises

(Reuters) - Analysts on average had expected a profit of 76 cents a
share, according to Reuters Estimates.




Revenue in the quarter was $2.11 billion, up from $1.74
billion in the same period a year earlier.


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Schering-Plough profit doubles, shares jump

(Reuters) - Second-quarter profit increased to $517 million, or 34 cents per share, from $237 million, or 16 cents per share, a year earlier.




Excluding special items, the drug maker earned 41 cents per share. Analysts on average expected 35 cents a share, according to Reuters Estimates.


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Gentex quarterly earnings rise 14 percent

(Reuters) - Analysts had expected the company to earn 21 cents a share,
according to Reuters Estimates.





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