Apollo Group Inc., a for-profit education company that owns the University of Phoenix, said Tuesday its third quarter profit rose slightly as it expanded its enrollment and did a better job collecting tuition from wayward students. The results beat ...

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Billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said Friday that first-quarter profit declined 64% as falling rates reduced returns from insurance operations. Net income decreased to $940 million, or $607 a share, from $2.6 billion, or $1,682, a ...

Berkshire Hathaway, Warren E. Buffett’s investment company, said on Friday that first-quarter profit tumbled 64 percent because of losses tied to derivative contracts. Source

OfficeMax says its first-quarter profit climbed 9 percent, helped by a gain from its investment in Boise Cascade.

NEW YORK, April 28 (Reuters) - CNA Financial Corp (CNA.N: Quote , Profile , Research ), a commercial insurer whose majority owner is Loews Corp (LTR.N: Quote , Profile , Research ), said on Monday first-quarter profit fell 37 percent as premiums and ...