A year earlier, Kroger reported a net loss of $874.9 million, or $1.35 a share, primarily because of one-time charges.
Dell lost $101 million in the latest second quarter because of one-time charges, but when those charges were excluded the company posted a profit of $433 million.
Whirlpool cut its profit forecast for this year to as much as $6.25 from as much as $7.25 because of one-time costs from the Maytag deal.
Alcoa said that its earnings fell 16.4percentt in the second quarter because of one-time charges, though it still beat Wall Street's expectations.
Page B2 A STAIN ON GOOGLE'S GOOD QUARTER Google's net profit in the fourth quarter was down 68percentt compared with last year, because of one-time charges.
Mr. Roberts's pay was essentially the same as the year before, while Mr. Burke's increased about $12 million, much of it because of one-time bonuses related to the company's purchase of NBC Universal.
DealBook » Bank of America Earnings Fall to $653 Million | Bank of America reported Thursday that its net income fell to $653 million, or 3 cents a share, in the first quarter, partly because of one-time expenses.
In 2011, Hungary was technically below the 3 percent ceiling, but only because of one-time initiatives worth about 10 percent of gross domestic product, masking a severe deterioration in the underlying structural balance, the commission says.
Because of one-time gains, Williams said it had a $348 million energy-trading profit before interest, taxes and corporate overhead after a year-earlier loss of almost $500 million.
[C3.] Schlumberger Gains From Drilling Second-quarter profit at Schlumberger tripled as it benefited from a rise in drilling activity, while Halliburton posted a net loss because of one-time charges.
Reuters Group raised its full-year revenue growth forecast after better-than-expected sales growth in the first half, even as net profit fell because of one-time gains a year earlier.
