Average Earnings

The reality is, at least according to one analysis of the stock market, most returns come from dividends, and over long periods stocks do not perform better than inflation (see "How to get...

HEADNOTE On November 15, 2011, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago held a conference to explore what has been driving the large and rapid increases in Midwest farmland values. Academics, industry representatives, and...

HEADNOTE According to participants in the Chicago Fed's annual Economic Outlook Symposium, the U.S. economy is forecasted to grow at a pace below its historical average in 2012, following a year with an...

HEADNOTE The seventh annual Community Bankers Symposium, co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), was held...

Declining interest from Hurricane Katrina evacuees who have yet to return to New Orleans doesn't mean there's less need for the 1,500 housing units being built in the 27.5-acre footprint of the Lafitte...

Mobily to maintain double-digit profit growth - CEO; May host MVNO; $2.7 billion loan refinancing to be completed by end-Feb; Voice price war hurt margins, but stemmed rise of VoIP Saudi Arabia's Etihad...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Republic Bancorp, Inc. is pleased to announce its fourth consecutive year of increased earnings by completing 2011 with net income of $94.1 million, a $29.4 million, or 45%, increase over...

* Full Year Net Revenues of $32.4 Billion; Income from Continuing Operations of $1.26 per Diluted Share * Fourth Quarter Net Revenues of $5.7 Billion, Including Loss of $1.7 Billion Related to the...

Other specific highlights compared with 2011 Third Quarter: * 3.38% net interest margin, up 4 basis points * 14% annualized growth in average core deposits * 2% annualized growth in average total loans,...

Full Year Diluted EPS of $12.37 ($11.85 as adjusted) Operating Margin of 36.3% (40.0% as adjusted) for Fourth Quarter 2011 Assets Under Management of $3.513 Trillion at December 31, 2011 NEW YORK --...

PHOENIX -- Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX): Net income attributable to common stock for fourth-quarter 2011 was $640 million, $0.67 per share, compared with net income of $1.5 billion, $1.63 per...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- NBT Holdings Inc. (OTCBB:NBTH.PK), a bank holding company and the parent of Nashville Bank & Trust Company, reported net income of $615,000 for the fourth quarter of 2011, a 46...

Strong Capital Generation With Tier 1 Common Equity Ratio at 9.86 Percent Global Excess Liquidity Sources Remain Strong at $378 Billion, up $42 Billion in 2011 Investment Bank Maintained No. 2 Global Ranking...

Revenue Up 15% Sequentially; 9% Year-over-Year Led by Strong Service Provider Bookings Reaffirms and Narrows Guidance Range for FY 2012 WESTFORD, Mass. -- NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTCT): Q3......

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Rockwell Collins, Inc. (NYSE: COL) today reported first quarter fiscal year 2012 income from continuing operations of $130 million compared to $150 million in the same period last year....

Comments on Friendly's and Buffets Reorganizations Updates 2011 and 2012 Earnings Guidance ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income), the Monthly Dividend Company([R]), (NYSE:O), announced today that during 2011, the Company invested...

DAMARISCOTTA, Maine -- The First Bancorp (Nasdaq: FNLC), today announced unaudited results for the year ended December 31, 2011. Net income was $12.4 million, up $248,000 or 2.0% from 2010, and earnings per...

NEW YORK -- The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s (Goldman) fourth quarter 2011 (4Q'11) results were improved from particularly weak 3Q'11 results. Performance in 4Q'11 was modest when compared to the company's historical performance,...

WALLINGFORD, Conn. -- Amphenol Corporation (NYSE-APH) reported today fourth quarter 2011 diluted earnings per share of $.69 compared to $.74 per share for the comparable 2010 period. Such per share amount for the...