Companies Report More Quarterly Earnings

摘要

More companies reported quarterly earnings, which how strong increases in sales in the quarter just complet-ed.They include: 1. Federal Way, Washington based Weyerhaeuser Co. re-ported 2004 third quarter net earnings of $594 million, seven times the 2003 third quarter net earnings of $82 mil-lion. Net sales for the third quarter were $5.85 billion, up from $5.18 billion in the 2003 third quarter. The compa-ny's Container, Packaging and Recycling division reported net sales of $82 million in the quarter, nearly doubled the $42 million in net sales from the third quarter 2003. 2. Stamford, Connecticut based International Paper re- ported net earnings from continuing operations of $208 million for the 2004 third quarter, an 84 percent increase from $114 million in net earnings during the same period last year. Net sales for the 2004 third quarter increased 8 percent to $6.6 billion, compared with $6.1 billion in the 2003 third quarter.