GM Hughes Electronics Corp. earned $175 million in the first quarter, up 14% from the year before, while revenue increased 3.8% to $2.7 billion, the General Motors subsidiary reported.
U.S. factories were receiving more new business in December than originally thought, although strength in November was weaker, the Commerce Department said Monday.
Opponents of the proposed Sunshine Canyon landfill expansion won an initial round Monday when the Assembly Natural Resources Committee endorsed legislation to restrict trash dumping in the hillsides encircling the San Fernando Valley.
A 40.6% profit gain and an increase of 10.2% in revenue for the first quarter ended March 31 was reported by Midland, Mich.
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Unlike many other retailers that have been reporting plummeting profits, Carter Hawley Hale Stores said Wednesday that its results generally improved during the second quarter, compared to the same period last year.
Mary Kulpa and Linda Butler are a team.
Chris Evert Lloyd breezed to a straight-set victory, but Hana Mandlikova was extended to three sets before advancing to the semifinals of the Family Circle Magazine Cup women's tennis tournament Friday at Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Sam Hall Kaplan's column "Hamilton Goes . . . " (July 28), was most timely in urging "block-by-block neighborhood (planning) involving those who will be affected."
Tri-Star Pictures reported first-quarter net income of $1.2 million, or 5 cents per share, a turnaround from last year, when the New York entertainment company posted a loss of $4.4 million for the same quarter.
The Cherokee Group reported earnings of $1.7 million for its second quarter ended May 31, up 87% over the same period a year ago.
Stock prices pulled back a bit Thursday as traders cashed in on the market's recent gains.
Challenged to invent a personal movement for each sound in his first name, Brian Owen ran into the center of the room, turned a somersault and sprang gleefully into the air.
Bond prices posted some modest gains Friday as concerns about inflation subsided and hopes grew that the Federal Reserve will encourage lower interest rates.
Boosted by the acquisitions of thrifts in Los Angeles and Arizona, Great American First Savings Bank reported a 124% increase in second quarter earnings, to $23.2 million.
Gannett Co. reported an 8% gain in net earnings for the second quarter of 1986. John J.
Syncor International said its earnings rose 83% in its first quarter ended Aug. 31, to $1.1 million, or 10 cents a share.
General Mills posted a 52% gain in earnings for its second quarter ended Nov. 23, following
Microsemi Corp., a Santa Ana manufacturer of semiconductor products, said earnings of $1.3 million for the first quarter--all from operations--were up 17% from net operating income of $1 million recorded for the first quarter last year.
Energy futures prices advanced Monday on further indication that OPEC is doing a good job holding down production and that some tightness in heating oil supplies may be developing.