Amphenol 1st-quarter earnings rise

(Reuters) - Earnings rose to $77.7 million, or 43 cents per share, from $57.3 million, or 31 cents per share, a year earlier.

Analysts, on average, expected 41 cents per share, according to Reuters Estimates.


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Cytomedix says FDA still reviewing appeal on foot ulcer gel

(Reuters) - In October, the regulators denied Cytomedix's claim that AutoloGel was substantially equivalent to a legally marketed device.




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UPDATE 1-Signet profit rises but U.S. market weakens

(Reuters) - LONDON, April 18 - Jewellery retailer Signet Group posted a 6.4 percent rise in full-year profit on Wednesday but said the trading environment in the United States had weakened since the start of its new financial year.

Based in Britain, but with around 75 percent of its sales coming from the U.S., Signet said pretax profit was 213.2 million pounds in the year to Feb. 3 and that the challenging UK market had strengthened a little.


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Metro Inc.'s second-quarter profit rises 8.4 pct

(Reuters) - Metro, Canada's third largest food retailer after Loblaw Cos and Sobeys Inc. , said it earned C$61.8 million, or 53 Canadian cents a share for the quarter, up from C$57 million, or 49 Canadian cents a share in the year earlier period.




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Motorola posts quarterly loss, revenue down

(Reuters) - Last month Motorola had forecast a per-share loss of 7 cents to 9 cents, including 9 cents of special charges, on revenue of $9.2 billion to $9.3 billion.

Its shares have lost about a third of their value since mid-October as the company has disappointed investors for three straight quarters.


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Hedge fund buying Fremont loans -report

(Reuters) - Ellington Capital could not immediately be reached for comment.




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CIT first-quarter profit rises

(Reuters) - April 18 - CIT Group Inc. , a consumer and commercial finance company, said on Wednesday quarterly earnings rose, helped by strong asset growth and an increase in new business volume.

The company said first-quarter profit rose to $271.4 million, or $1.37 a share, from $229.7 million, or $1.12 a share a year earlier.


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