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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Strong profits from sales of Post-it notes and other office products helped lift the 3M Company's fourth-quarter net income, despite a slowdown in other parts of its [...]

The 3M Company, which makes a wide variety of industrial and consumer products, said Thursday that its quarterly net income rose 43 percent and raised its full-year outlook. The company, [...]

The 3M Company, which makes products ranging from Post-it notes to protective films for iPads, raised its outlook for the year on Tuesday after reporting first-quarter earnings rose 80 percent [...]

The 3M Company, the diversified manufacturer, posted higher-than-expected quarterly earnings on Thursday and raised its forecast for 2010, citing strong demand for all its products. But its shares fell, caught [...]

The 3M Company said Friday its quarterly profit fell 48 percent as the global economic slowdown hurt its sales in varied product categories, like health care and office supplies. Weak […]

The 3M Company reported a 3.2 percent increase in quarterly earnings, sending shares higher as the results contrasted with generally negative earnings sentiment in the markets Tuesday. 3M's broad lineup […]

The diversified manufacturer 3M reported better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday, but its shares fell on investor concern that the weak dollar accounted for too much of the company's growth. 3M, […]

The diversified manufacturer 3M posted a weaker-than-expected quarterly profit yesterday and said global economic growth was slowing, setting off a 5.1 percent decline in its share price. The company, which […]

The Fort James Corporation, a paper products company, warned yesterday that its profits in the third quarter and second half of the year would fail to meet market expectations because […]

The Sonoco Products Company, a maker of packaging products, said yesterday that it would sell its North American labels operations to CCL Industries, of Willowdale, Ontario, for $100 million and […]

UPM-Kymmene Oy, the Finnish company that is Europe's largest forest products concern, reported yesterday that its slide in earnings in 1996 was slightly worse than expected but said it anticipated […]

The big forest-products company Svenska Cellulosa A.B. said yesterday that its pretax profit rose more than fivefold in 1995 because it was able to increase prices and because units it […]

b-Included income from discontinued operations of $ 76,606,000, or $ 8.52 a share. c-Included income from discontinued operations of $ 11,579,000, $ 1.29 a […]

Jefferson Smurfit, Ireland's largest industrial company, posted a fourfold rise in half-year profit yesterday. The company said pretax profit soared to 210 million Irish pounds ($330 million) from 44.6 million. […]

b-Included an after-tax charge of $ 6.8 milllion related to the early repayment of long-term debt. c-Net loss, after income from discontinued operations of $ 21 million, or 31 cents […]

b-Included an after-tax litigation charge of $ 8,686,000 for several legal actions related to previously divested nontampon businesses and for the settlement of a securities class action suit. Excluding the […]

b-Included an extraordinary loss of $ 200,000 from early extinguishment of debt. c-Net loss, and after an extraordinary loss of $ 51,600,000, or 52 cents a share, from early extinguishment […]

b-Included a pretax gain of $ 5.5 million, recorded in the first quarter, from the sale of assets, partially offset by charges associated with a restructuring program. c-Included a $ […]

b-Included a gain of $ 3,893,000, or 8 cents a share, on the disposal of assets. Results are in Canadian […]

b-Included a pretax gain of $ 5.5 million, or 7 cents a diluted share after taxes, from the sale of assets, partially offset by a charge associated with a restructuring […]

The latest periods' results were after preferred dividend payments of $ 1,940,000 in the quarter and $ 7,763,000 in the year, compared with $ 1,264,000 and $ 1,264,000 in year-ago […]

b-Included a gain of $ 2,480,000, or 5 cents a share, from the company's share of a gain realized by Tartas S.A. in the quarter and 9 months. The 9 […]

b-Included $ 20.3 million after-tax charge for restructuring and other costs, and after an accounting charge of $ 10,252,000, or 27 cents a share, for adoption of FASB […]

Latest periods' share earnings were after preferred dividend requirements of $ 1,941,000 in the quarter and $ 3,882,000 in the 6 […]

James River Corp. said results for the latest quarter included $ 5.4 million, or 7 cents a share, after-tax non-recurring interest income on the favorable settlement of certain prior years' […]

b-Included net restructuring charge of $ 20,273,000, and after a charge of $ 10,252,000, or 27 cents a share, for change in accounting for postemployment benefits. c-After an accounting charge […]

b-Included an extraordinary gain from extinguishment of debt with Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. of $ 2,395,000, or 61 cents a share. c-Net loss d-After income from discontinued operations of […]

b-Included a charge of $ 270.1 million relating to an addition to the loss reserves of the Continental Casualty Co. subsidiary of CNA Financial Corp. in connection with an agreement […]

Fibreboard said that its overall results for the latest third quarter included several nonoperating adjustments, including the sale of its closed Roxboro, N.C. manufacturing facility for a $ 669,000 pretax […]

Engraph said that its net income in the latest third quarter was depressed by $ 1.2 million in expenses related to the pending acquisition of Engraph by Sonoco Products Co. […]

b-After an extraordinary charge of $ 171,000 in the quarter and an extraordinary gain of $ 2,395,000, or 72 cents a share, in the 6 months, both reflect tax-rate adjustment […]

b-Included an after-tax gain of $ 3,317,000, or 46 cents a share, from the settlement of a patent infringement lawsuit with James River Corp. c-Net loss and included a loss […]

Tambrands Inc., the maker of Tampax tampons, said yesterday that it would take an after-tax charge of $20 million for the second quarter, which ends on June 30. The charge […]

Shares of Specialty Paperboard Inc. closed down 35 percent yesterday after the company said weak sales would result in second-quarter earnings from continuing operations that would be substantially below analysts' […]

The Morgan Stanley Group announced record quarterly profits yesterday, sharing fully in Wall Street's boom times. The net income of $198.8 million was nearly 40 percent higher than analysts' estimates, […]

b-Included a gain of $ 1,823,000, or 3 cents a share, from the dilution of its stake in an affiliate. Preferred-share dividends were $ 1,648,000 in the latest quarter. The […]

b-Included extraordinary income of $ 2,566,000, or 80 cents a share, in the latest first quarter and $ 192,000, or 7 cents a share, in the year-ago period, from Kirschner […]

b-Included charge of $ 1 million from accounting change FAS 106. c-Includes restructuring charges of $ 30.3 million in the quarter and […]

b-Included a gain of $ 35,923,000, or 44 cents a share, from cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle; adoption of FAS 109. Latest 9 months' income from continuing […]

b-Net loss and after a loss from discontinued operations of $ 13,565,000, which included anticipated loss of $ 10,338,000 on disposal of discontinued operations, and an extraordinary charge of $ […]

b-After a loss from discontinued operations of $ 160,000. Share earnings and shares outstanding are restated to reflect a 5 percent stock dividend paid in November 1991. The company is […]

b-Included a gain of $ 4.5 million, or 10 cents a share, from the sale of Sonoco Products Co.'s 40 percent interest in Sonoco Graham Co. The company is listed […]

b-Included a gain from an accounting adjustment of $ 35,923,000, or 44 cents a share. Share earnings are after preferred dividend requirements. The company said comparability with last year's results […]

b-Net loss and after a loss from discontinued operations of $ 11,996,000 for the quarter and $ 13,565,000 for the 6 months, and the 6 months also included a charge […]

b-After a loss from discontinued operations of $ 22,000 for the quarter and $ 160,000 for the 6 months. Year-ago shares outstanding are restated to reflect a 5 percent stock […]

b-Included a gain of $ 4.5 million, or 10 cents a share, on the sale of the company's interest in Sonoco Graham Co. for both the quarter and 6 […]

The company said the quarter and 6 months of last year, have been restated to reflect the consolidation of Gaylord Bag Partnership's results of operations. The effect was to increase […]

b-Net loss and included a loss of $ 1,954,000 from a cumulative effect of change in accounting for post retirement benefits other than pensions and a loss from discontinued operations […]

The year-ago first quarter's results included a gain of $ 8.5 million pre-tax, or $ 4.5 million after taxes (10 cents a share), from the sale of the company's 40 [...]

b-Included charge of $ 143.6 million related to the company's restructuring plan; a $ 51.6 million pretax gain, or 30 cents a share after taxes, on the April 1990 sale […]