Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.’s profit increased 7 percent during the second quarter of 2011, helped by local auto dealer advertising. The Hunt Valley-based company, which operates television stations in 35 markets, announced Wednesday that it had net income of $18.6 ...

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Profits at Constellation Energy Group Inc. climbed 37 percent in the second quarter based on strong performances at its core businesses, the company reported Wednesday. Constellation reported earnings of $99.2 million, or 49 cents a share, compared to $72.6 million, ...

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Comcast Corp., the country’s largest cable TV company, is bucking the trend among cable companies by making more money from its TV subscribers. While others are seeing declining revenue from the provision of TV signals, Comcast is still eking out ...

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Coventry Health Care Inc. of Bethesda, a managed health care organization, reported second-quarter net income of $224.5 million, or 1.51 per diluted share, on revenue of $3.03 billion, compared to net income of $1 million, or 1 cent per share, ...

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Money manager Legg Mason Inc. Thursday reported a 25 percent increase in profit from the corresponding period a year ago, but said assets under management were down 2 percent for the quarter ending June 30. The Baltimore company reported $60 ...

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OAK BROOK, Ill. — McDonald’s said Friday net income rose 15 percent in the second quarter as the world’s biggest burger chain continues to get customers to buy new menu items even as they cut back spending in other areas ...

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BETHESDA — Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. said Wednesday that its second-quarter funds from operations improved as the lodging real estate investment trust saw occupancy improve and room rates climb. Funds from operations, or FFO, increased to $210 million, or ...

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NEW YORK — A stronger credit-card business helped Target Corp.’s net income rise 2.7 percent in the first quarter, even as customers were cautious about buying because of higher gas and food prices. Target’s credit-card business, which it uses to ...

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Money manager Legg Mason Inc. reported increased profit for its fourth quarter, a gain attributed to higher investment-advisory fees. The firm continues, however, to be plagued by money being pulled from funds by clients — $8.7 billion during the fiscal ...

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By the end of its first month as a publicly traded company in April 1986, T. Rowe Price Group Inc., the asset manager had $21 billion in assets under management and 630 employees. Now, 25 years later, the company founded ...

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