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"We operate in some of the largest and fastest-growing markets in the world, and we are very optimistic about the continued strong outlook for our company," Ken Lay, chairman and chief executive, said in a statement.
Not to be outdone, rival Motorola also offered a strong outlook for the current quarter.
Chemical maker DuPont said second-quarter earnings slid 4% but reiterated a strong outlook for the rest of the year.
Motorola s profit stumbled, but shares were still up 4.0%, or 75 cents, to $19.30, thanks to a strong outlook for the fourth quarter.
Those positives include expanding quarterly operating margins (earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation as a percentage of revenue), a clean balance sheet and strong outlook for the semiconductor industry.
"As expected, sales volume gains along with double-digit seed price increases and a strong outlook for the North American seed business will be a primary driver of at least 15% cumulative average earnings growth rate of the DuPont Agriculture & Nutrition business through 2013," said Frank Ross, president of the company's Pioneer seed division.
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We now see a much stronger outlook for BP and are focused on growth, both for this decade and beyond".
TORONTO (Reuters Researchrch In Motion, the maker of BlackBerry smartphones, reported second-quarter results on Thursday that topped forecasts, and issued a stronger outlook for the current period than analysts had expected.
Cities with colleges, military bases and a wide range of industries have the strongest outlook for hiring in the second quarter of 2010, according to a recent survey from the employment services firm Manpower.
His talk led analysts at JPMorgan to forecast a stronger outlook for the company's fourth-quarter earnings, and this month the rating agency Fitch said it may raise the grade on McClatchy 's debt.
LSI reported earnings on Wednesday that beat expectations for revenue, up 6 percent to $501 million, and the company forecast a strong outlook.
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