Earnings News

SAN DIEGO - CareFusion Corp. on Tuesday said its profit dropped in its fiscal second quarter compared to last year before its spinoff from Cardinal Health, which kept some of its businesses. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES - Consumers sent tepid signals to The Walt Disney Co. during the holiday quarter, as many of them still required discounts to step into theme parks and reduced spending on food, beverages and merchandise when they got there. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A strong performance at its cable division and cost-cuts at its film studio propelled Walt Disney Co to better-than-expected earnings, but clouds remained over its theme parks. Full Story »

PHILADELPHIA - Chinese Internet search company Baidu Inc. on Tuesday said its fourth-quarter earnings rose by 48 percent as revenue climbed. Full Story »

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. - Vehicle remanufacturing and logistics company ATC Technology Corp. posted a fourth-quarter profit Tuesday, reversing a year-ago loss weighed by an impairment charge and other expenses. Full Story »

NORWALK, Conn. - IMS Health Inc., which provides market data to pharmaceutical and health care companies, said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit shrank 27 percent as rising expenses and restructuring charges failed to offset higher revenue. Full Story »

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Restaurant operator Bob Evans Farms Inc. late Tuesday reported that it moved to a profit in its third quarter, but results missed Wall Street's expectations and sent shares down in after-hours trading. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Molson Coors Brewing Co. sold fewer beers around the world in the fourth quarter, but its profit more than doubled as the company held onto price hikes it made during the recession and benefited from a one-time drop in its tax rate. Full Story »

WESTON, Fla. - Ultimate Software Inc., which makes human resources software, said Tuesday its profit was nearly wiped out in the fourth quarter as stock-based compensation offset higher revenue. Full Story »

TAMPA, Fla. - Staffing services firm Kforce Inc. said Tuesday that it squeezed out a profit in the fourth quarter, even as revenue fell from the year-ago period. Full Story »

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Lionsgate Entertainment Corp. on Tuesday reported a smaller loss for the third-quarter from a year ago, as revenue rose 15 percent on gains in television revenue, which included deliveries of episodes of "Mad Men." Full Story »

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Health care information technology company Cerner Corp. said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit fell as higher expenses offset a slight rise in revenue. Full Story »

SAN FRANCISCO - Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp lost $1 billion in the fourth quarter because it wrote down the value of its search business, but the results beat expectations and offered the latest indication that the online advertising market is improving. Full Story »

PARIS - Trans-Atlantic stock exchange operator NYSE Euronext said Tuesday that it returned to profit in the fourth quarter as cost-cutting efforts helped offset a drop in revenue amid falling global share trading volumes. Full Story »

Pulte Homes Inc. said Tuesday its loss narrowed in its fourth quarter, and the nation's largest homebuilder expressed cautious optimism for housing demand this year. Full Story »

NEW YORK - International sales again added fizz to Coca-Cola's fourth quarter, while sales in North America softened, to lift profit 55 percent in the last three months of the year. Full Story »

MALVERN, Pa. - Liberty Property Trust, which owns office and industrial properties, reported a loss for the fourth quarter as a hefty charge dragged down results. The company said it saw "encouraging" signs in the industrial sector, however, and believes the market has bottomed. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES - The head of Warner Music Group expressed hope on Tuesday that the recent "fracas" over the price of e-books would help give content creators such as his company more pricing power over device makers. Full Story »