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• Smithfield Foods returns to profitability

  Local business from the Times-Dispatch | 03/11/2010 12:42 pm

  SMITHFIELD—Meat processor Smithfield Foods returned to a profit in the third quarter, partly due to strength in its packaged meats business and higher sales overseas. Smithfield, like many meat companies, ...

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• Costco profit rises, partly on gasoline prices

  Local business from the Times-Dispatch | 03/03/2010 11:34 am

  ISSAQUAH, Wash.—Costco Wholesale says its fiscal second-quarter profit rose 25 percent as revenue increased on higher gasoline prices and overseas sales increased by a softer dollar. The wholesale club operator’s ...

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• Brooklyn DA: No criminality caught on ACORN video

  WRIC 8 News | 03/02/2010 03:36 pm

  ACORN employees caught on video apparently advising a couple posing as a prostitute and her boyfriend to lie about her profession and launder her earnings did not commit a crime, ...

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• Dish Network quarterly profit falls

  Local business from the Times-Dispatch | 03/01/2010 11:34 am

  ENGLEWOOD, Colo.—Dish Network says its fourth-quarter profit fell even as its number of subscribers grew. The nation’s second-largest satellite TV operator has been picking up subscribers from rivals partly due ...

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• ManTech' profits and revenue grow

  Virginia Business - News | 02/25/2010 07:13 pm

  ManTech International’s fourth-quarter revenues grew 10 percent, primarily from its in-theater logistics support, cyber-security services and acquisition of Sensor Technologies. Revenue for the fourth quarter was $542.1 million. Full-year sales ...

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• Business briefs for Feb. 25

  Local business from the Times-Dispatch | 02/25/2010 05:01 am

  The move is in line with Altria’s announcement earlier this month that it planned to increase its target for dividend payments from 75 percent of earnings to 80 percent, the ...

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• Altria directors raise dividend

  Local business from the Times-Dispatch | 02/24/2010 02:30 pm

  Altria Group, Inc. directors approved increasing the tobacco giant’s quarterly dividend by a penny to 35 cents a share from 34 cents. The 2.9 percent increase is consistent with the ...

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• Coca-Cola profit rises on strong overseas sales

  Local business from the Times-Dispatch | 02/09/2010 01:14 pm

  ATLANTA—Coca-Cola says its fourth-quarter profit climbed as the world’s largest drink maker sold 5 percent more beverages worldwide. Coca-Cola Co. says its unit case volume rose in emerging markets like ...

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• EARNINGS

  Local business from the Times-Dispatch | 02/09/2010 05:01 am

  The directors’ action came after the Hanover County-based company reported a 12.1 percent rise in earnings last year, fueled by higher revenue and lower interest expense. The company reported net ...

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• Universal Corp. boosts profit on weakening dollar

  Virginia Business - News | 02/05/2010 07:41 pm

  Tobacco leaf processor Universal Corp. increased its net income 22 percent in the first three quarters of its fiscal year as its currency costs fell. Universal Corp. reported a $142 ...

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• Outdoor Dining Guide Slideshow

  

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