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Frontier Oil Corp. (NYSE:FTO - News) said fourth-quarter earnings fell to $52.4 million, or 47 cents a share, from $63 million, or 55 cents a share, a year earlier. The Houston oil refiner said earnings fell primarily because the gasoline and diesel crack spreads following hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 was not repeated in 2006. The results for the quarter ending Dec. 31 include an inventory loss of 22 cents a share. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial had been expecting earnings of 55 cents a share, on average. Revenue declined 5.5% to $1.09 billion from last year's $1.15 billion.
Guitar Center Inc. (NasdaqGS:GTRC - News) reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $1.36 a share, including a charge of $2.49 a share to write down goodwill associated with the music and arts division.
Halliburton Co. (NYSE:HAL - News) plans to dispose of its remaining interest in KBR Inc. (NYSE:KBR - News) through a split-off exchange offer to Halliburton shareholders..
Healthcare Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE:HR - News)intends to sell its senior-living-assets portfolio, expecting a total consideration of about $400 million and a net gain of about $57 million.
Health Care REIT Inc.'s (NYSE:HCN - News) fourth-quarter net income fell 34% as revenue increased 15% to $87.8 million.
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ - News) said it would acquire closely held PolyServe Inc. to expand the company's offerings of storage-software applications.
Hansen Natural Corp. (NasdaqCM:HANS - News) said that fourth-quarter gross sales rose 51% to $171.5 million, while net sales increased 54.2% to $151.1 million. Gross profit rose to $80.2 million, from $51.9 million a year ago. The sales increase reflected continued strong sales of energy drinks.
Harley-Davidson Inc. (NYSE:HOG - News) has taken down its targets for motorcycle shipments and earnings growth as the result of a recently ended three-week strike at its York, Pa., manufacturing plant, the company said Tuesday. While full production is expected to resume over the next week, the strike will eventually result in a loss of approximately one month's production. "A disruption of this magnitude has a significant impact on our business, as well as our suppliers, dealers, employees and our retail customers," said Tom Bergmann, Harley's chief financial officer, in a written release. The company expects to ship 64,000 to 66,000 units in the first quarter, down from a previous goal of 82,000 to 84,000 units, although it hopes to make up 4,000 to 5,000 during the remainder of the year. For the full year, Harley said it now expects "moderate" revenue growth, along with lower margins, and earnings per share growth in the range of 4% to 6%. But it forecast a return to 11% to 17% EPS growth in 2008 and 2009.
Hovnanian (NYSE:HOV - News) expects a first-quarter loss. It delivered 3,266 homes in the first quarter while net contracts declined 23% to 2,570.
Magna International (NYSE:MGA - News) said fourth-quarter net income fell 65% to $29 million, or 26 cents a share, from $83 million, or 75 cents a share, a year earlier. Excluding one-time items, the company would have earned 99 cents a share. The average forecast of analysts polled by Thomson Financial was for earnings of $1.17. The company said the difficult automotive environment, particularly in North America, is taking its toll. Sales rose 9% to 6.34 billion, helped by an increase in the company's European and rest of the world production sales. The company declared a quarterly dividend of 19 cents a share. For 2007, Magna expects consolidated sales of $22.9 billion to $24.2 billion. It sees spending for fixed assets in the range of $800 million to $850 million.
NetEase.com's (NasdaqGS:NTES - News) fourth-quarter profit grew 19% as the Beijing Internet company's revenue grew nearly 15% to $69.2 million.
Nordstrom Inc. (NYSE:JWN - News) fourth-quarter earnings climbed to 89 cents a share from 69 cents as sales rose 15% to $2.63 billion. Same-store sales increased 8.3%.
NYSE Group Inc. (NYSE:NYX - News) named Duncan Niederauer president and co-chief operating officer, effective April 9. Niederauer is currently managing director of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS - News).
Oneok Inc. (NYSE:OKE - News) reported fourth-quarter earnings of 66 cents a share, down from $2.30 a share in the year ago-period. The year-ago quarter included a gain of $1.57 a share from the sale of Texas gathering and processing assets
Oneok Partners L.P. (NYSE:OKS - News) fourth-quarter earnings were 82 cents per unit, up from 72 cents in the year-ago period. There were 82.9 million units outstanding during the latest quarter vs. 46.4 million units a year earlier.
Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (NasdaqGM:PNCL - News) said its fourth-quarter net income more than tripled to $36.8 million, or $1.67 a share, from $10 million, or 45 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. The 2006 fourth quarter included a benefit of $26.1 million, or $1.18 per share, associated with a settlement with Northwest Airlines Corp. . The Memphis, Tenn., regional airline said revenue in the three months ended Dec. 31 fell 4% to $204.5 million from $213 million. Three analysts polled by Thomson Financial forecast earnings, on average, of 57 cents a share.
Sanderson Farms Inc. (NasdaqGS:SAFM - News) narrowed its fiscal first quarter loss, but the poultry producer said Tuesday it remained firmly in the red on high feed costs and soft, though slowly rising, pricing. Sanderson said it lost $2.8 million, or 14 cents a share for the quarter, compared to a loss of $8.6 million, or 43 cents a share in the year-ago period. Revenue came in at $292.7 million, up from $236.2 million. The average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson Financial had been for the company to lose 11 cents a share on sales of $277 million. Looking out to the rest of the fiscal year, Sanderson said trends in chicken prices are currently "favorable" but it expects feed costs will continue to rise.
Shuffle Master Inc. (NasdaqGS:SHFL - News) shares tumbled after the company said it expects fiscal first-quarter net income and earnings per share to be "significantly lower" than the year-ago quarter. The Las Vegas-based gambling supply company said it's still in the process of finalizing its financial results, and forecast revenue of $35 million to $38 million.
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California Micro Devices Corp. (NASDAQ:CAMD - News) reported third-quarter net income of $673,000, or 3 cents a share, compared with $2.53 million, or 11 cents a share, in the same period last year, as sales fell and costs rose slightly.
Callaway Golf Co. (NYSE:ELY - News) said it expects preliminary 2006 sales of $1.018 billion, with earnings per share of 33 cents to 35 cents. Excluding charges, the golf products company sees per-share income of 50 cents to 52 cents.
Capital One reported a 39% jump in fourth-quarter net income, but the results, as well as the credit card and banking company's 2007 forecast, fell short of Wall Street expectations.
Churchill Downs Inc. (NASDAQ:CHDN - News) said Michael Miller, who has served as chief financial officer since December 2002, is leaving to become CFO of Poe Cos. Miller's final day with Churchill, a horse racing venue operator, will be Jan. 26.
Coldwater Creek Inc. (NASDAQ:CWTR - News) lowered its outlook for fiscal fourth quarter per-share income to a range of 16 cents to 17 cents. Previously, the women's apparel company said it was looking for a per-share result of 26 cents to 27 cents. Coldwater cited slower-than-expected customer traffic throughout the holiday season.
Digi International Inc. (NASDAQ:DGII - News) said first-quarter net income rose, as sales gained, to $3.8 million, or 15 cents a share, from $2.18 million, or 9 cents a share, during the same period in the prior year. The company said quarterly revenue rose to $41.8 million from $33.4 million in the prior year.
E-Trade Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:ETFC - News) said fourth-quarter net income jumped 37% to a record, as customers traded more and stored more cash and investments with the discount broker.
General Electric Co. , moving to broaden its diagnostic offerings, will buy Abbott Laboratories' (NYSE:ABT - News) in-vitro and point-of-care diagnostics businesses for $8.13 billion in cash.
Jacuzzi Brands Inc. (NYSE:JJZ - News) said it sees preliminary fiscal first quarter operating income declining primarily due to a 40% drop in income in the Bath segment due to operating losses at the U.S. whirlpool bath operations.
JDSU (NASDAQ:JDSU - News) raised its view for fiscal second quarter revenue to a range of $360 million to $365 million. Previously, the communications test products company had said it was looking for revenue of $332 million to $352 million. JDSU cited its Communications Test and Measurement segment performing "particularly well."

KeyCorp raised its quarterly cash dividend 5.8% to 36.5 cents a share from 34.5 cents a share. The dividend is payable March 15 to shareholders of record as of Feb. 27.
Molex Inc. (NASDAQ:MOLX - News) reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $66.4 million, or 36 cents a share, up from $58.5 million, or 31 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue at the electrical equipment maker rose 20% to $837.5 million from $697.3 million.
Oneok Inc. (NYSE:OKE - News) raised its quarterly dividend 6.3% to 34 cents a share from 32 cents a share. The gas distributor said the dividend is payable Feb. 15 to shareholders of record as of Jan. 31.
Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE:PII - News) said it has renewed and extended the employment agreement of Chief Executive Tom Tiller through 2008. Tiller will also continue to serve on the board, the snowmobile and motorcycle maker said.
Presstek Inc. (NASDAQ:PRST - News) said it expects fourth-quarter consolidated revenue to exceed $65 million, in line with the company's prior outlook excluding revenue from the Precision Analog operations, which was discontinued in the fourth quarter.
Stride Rite Corp. (NYSE:SRR - News) raised its quarterly cash dividend 17% to 7 cents a share from 6 cents a share. The maker of shoes said the dividend is payable March 15 to stockholders of record as of Feb. 27.
Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT - News) said it now expects fourth-quarter earnings from continuing operations will be above its prior outlook of $1.35 a share to $1.45 a share. The company said its improved view is due to stronger financial performance at Cessna, Textron Systems and Textron Financial and a lower tax rate.
UnionBanCal Corp. (NYSE:UB - News) reported fourth-quarter net earnings of $226.4 million, or $1.61 a share, compared with $308.5 million, or $2.09 a share, in the same period last year. Revenue rose slightly to $672.7 million from $665.2 million.
Washington Post Co. (NYSE:WPO - News) raised its annual dividend 5% to $8.20 a share from $7.80 a share.
Xilinx Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX - News) said its quarterly profit rose 8% from a year ago, but its sales were soft. Xilinx reported fiscal third-quarter net income of $87.5 million, or 26 cents a share, compared to net income of $81 million, or 23 cents a share, in last year's same period. Published By MarketWatch

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