Hourly earnings edged up 0.3percentt in January, and were up by 3.9percentt over the past year.
The recession was bad for everyone, but women experienced at least one silver lining: Their median earnings edged a bit closer to men's.
The earnings edged analysts' expectations of 14 cents a share, as reported by First Call/Thomson Financial, but Viacom's stock slipped $3.50, to $55.75.
Qualcomm said yesterday that its earnings edged higher in the last quarter, despite a decline in revenue resulting from slower sales in South Korea, one of its largest markets.
Workers' total earnings edged up just 0.1 percent in September, compared with a year earlier, and summer bonus payments, an important indicator of whether companies are willing to pay more, rose just 0.3 percent.
Page A6 National WAGE EQUALITY INCREASES BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN The recession was bad for everyone, but women experienced at least one silver lining: Their median earnings edged a bit closer to men's.
The New York Times Company said yesterday that its third-quarter per-share earnings edged up, matching analysts' estimates, as the company faced higher newsprint costs and made a bigger investment in its Internet operations.
[C4.] Qualcomm Profit Beats Forecasts Qualcomm reported that its fourth-quarter earnings edged higher, to 25 cents a share, beating analysts' expectations by a penny, as licensing revenue more than compensated for lower phone shipments in South Korea.
Average hourly earnings edged up only 0.2%, compared with a consensus estimate of 0.3%.
For the fourth quarter, Corn Products earnings edged up to $46.4 million, or 61 cents per share, from $46.1 million, or 61 cents per share, a year ago.
Earth's biggest computer hardware company on Thursday announced that first-quarter earnings edged up 3% year-over-year falling short of Wall Street expectations.
