Among the earnings stories for Wednesday, April 30, from AP Financial News:
ST. LOUIS (AP) _ RehabCare Group Inc. shares rose Wednesday, as the rehabilitation program operator reported better-than-expected first-quarter earnings and revenue, and forecast strong profit growth for the full year.
NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of Open Text Corp. rose Wednesday as analysts praised the information technology company's fiscal third-quarter results, which narrowly beat Wall Street estimates.
NEW YORK (AP) _ Mall real estate investment trust General Growth Properties Inc. said its first-quarter funds from operations dropped nearly 55 percent, but beat Wall Street's expectations.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Shares of HealthSpring Inc. jumped 11 percent Wednesday, after the health insurer reported first-quarter earnings which soundly beat Wall Street expectations and raised its outlook for the full year.
PARIS (AP) _ Alcatel-Lucent reported a fifth straight quarterly loss on Wednesday and braced investors for a bleak 2008 future, saying the telecommunication equipment market will be flat.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) _ Shares in electrical component maker Thomas & Betts Corp. fell Wednesday after the company released first-quarter earnings that fell below Wall Street expectations.
BERLIN (AP) _ German conglomerate Siemens AG said Wednesday that its second-quarter net profit slid 67 percent, weighed down by weaker performance in its major business projects, including a large number of turnkey projects that had accumulated since 2004.