Earnings

DreamWorks Animation posted a nearly 40% drop in profit in the first quarter while revenue remained virtually flat. For the three months ended March 31, the Glendale studio posted net income of $5.6 million, or 7 cents a share, on revenue of $135 million....

Higher attendance at its overseas theme parks and cruise lines as well as growth in the rates that cable and satellite companies pay to carry ESPN helped drive growth for Walt Disney Co. last quarter. Revenue at the Burbank media giant -- which also...

DreamWorks Animation, the Glendale studio behind the "Shrek" and "Madagascar" movies, reported lower-than-expected financial results for the second quarter. For the quarter ended June 30, the company reported net income of $12.8 milion, or 15 cents per...

Walt Disney Co. reported a 31% jump in earnings per share, the strongest in the company's history, buoyed by improvements at its film studio, theme parks and consumer products groups. The Burbank entertainment conglomerate's revenue reached $11.1 billion...

The Walt Disney Co.reported a 21% jump in net income for the quarter, as the strong performance of the television business and at the theme parks more than offset losses at the film studio. Revenues rose to $9.6 billion for the three months ending...

Strong performances at Walt Disney Co.'s domestic theme parks and by Disney Channel helped drive a 12% increase in the company's first-quarter net income compared with a year earlier. The Burbank media giant reported that revenue for the quarter ended...

Walt Disney Co. reported improved fourth-quarter earnings, buoyed by gains at Disney Channel and ESPN and at the Burbank company's theme parks. The entertainment giant reported net income of $1.08 billion for the quarter ending Oct. 1, a jump of 30%...

CITY HALL — The city's financial investments continued to languish in the second fiscal quarter as interest rates remained near historic lows. From October to December, the city's investment portfolio generated $1.39 million in earnings, compared...

CITY HALL — City Treasurer Ron Borucki today is expected to ask the City Council to open a "terribly restrictive" investment policy up to include more corporate players, such as the Walt Disney Co. and McDonalds. The request to change the policy...

DreamWorks Animation is seeing the future in 3-D. In announcing its quarterly earnings Tuesday afternoon, the Glendale-based company's chief executive made it clear that movies produced for 3-D, such as DreamWorks' successful "Shrek Forever After," will...

Coming off a year when most stock markets generated double-digit returns, CEOs of Chicago-area companies, whose pay is powered by lucrative stock awards, took home more money last year. But at a handful of companies where profits dropped, CEOs took...

MOLINE, Ill. (AP) - Deere & Co. said on May 15 that bad weather and weak economies will hinder sales growth this year for lawnmowers and construction equipment. The company reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings and maintained its full-...