Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Electrolux profit below

Electrolux profit below consensus, keeps outlook
The company, which in June spun off its outdoor products unit, listed as Husqvarna , reported a pretax profit excluding extraordinary items of 765 million Swedish crowns ($103.8 million) versus the average of forecasts in a Reuters poll of 9 analysts of 866 million crowns, up from 610 million.

Monday, July 03, 2006

Stocks rise

Stocks rise on rate view
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Monday in a light and short pre-holiday session as mild economic data increased optimism about the interest-rate outlook and positive news about Citigroup Inc. gave investors a reason to buy bank shares.