AP - National Semiconductor Corp., which makes chips that regulate power and perform other functions in gadgets, reported Friday its first-quarter profit fell 7 percent from a year ago due to a higher tax rate.
Investor's Business Daily - In the recent round of earnings reports, a number of solar industry executives said solar panel demand and prices next year might hold up better than expected.
Reuters - Video game publisher Take Two
Interactive Software made a higher-than-expected
quarterly profit on strong "Grand Theft Auto 4" sales, but cut
its current-quarter outlook due to the delayed release of a new
game.
AP - Toll Brothers Inc. said Thursday it swung to a loss in its fiscal third quarter as weak demand for new homes forced the luxury builder to mark down the value of its land and unsold homes.
