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INSURANCE LOSSES KEEP CLIMBING
Property and casualty insurer Chubb (NYSE: CB) reported=20
yesterday that it expects pre-tax losses of $500 million to $600=20
million from last week's terrorist attacks. The company's most=20
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Personal digital assistant developer Palm (Nasdaq: PALM)=20
reported disappointing first-quarter results after the market's=20
close yesterday. Revenue dropped 47% year-over-year to $214=20
million. The company posted a pro forma net loss of $38.7=20
million, or $0.07 per share, compared with a profit of $23.9=20
million, or $0.04 per share, in the year-ago period. That beat=20
Wall Street's expectation by two cents. Palm also said it cut=20
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Contract electronics manufacturer Jabil Circuit (NYSE: JBL)=20
reported fourth-quarter earnings a penny below Wall Street's=20
consensus expectation and warned of disappointing first-quarter=20
results. The company posted pro forma net income of $26 million,=20
or $0.13 per share, compared to $47.6 million, or $0.24 per=20
share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenue declined to $944 million=20
compared to $1.1 billion in the same quarter last year.=20

Nike (NYSE: NKE) announced a drop in profits that nonetheless=20
beat Wall Street's first-quarter earnings expectation by four=20
cents. Nike posted earnings of $204 million, or $0.75 per share,=20
compared to $210 million, or $0.77 per share, in the year-ago=20
period. Revenue fell slightly year-over-year to $2.61 billion.=20
The company had planned on reporting Monday, but postponed due=20
to the terrorist attacks.

Storage giant EMC (NYSE: EMC) announced yesterday that it would=20
probably report a third-quarter loss, citing a worldwide=20
slowdown in technology spending and a growing recession. EMC=20
said at its current expense run rate, breaking even would=20
require approximately $1.8 billion in revenue this quarter. In=20
response to the difficult economic and information technology=20
spending, the company also said it was cutting more than 2,000=20
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