Cooper Profit Grows, Lifts ViewFriday, September 3, 2010 @ 9:04AMCooper Companies Inc. reported better-than-expected third-quarter fiscal 2010 results with adjusted earnings per share of 91 cents outshining the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 71 cents and the year-ago earnings of 54 cents.
Harrisburg City Council member pushes to explore bankruptcy petitionFriday, September 3, 2010 @ 8:08AMHarrisburg City Council member Patty Kim said Thursday that she is forming an ad hoc committee to search for a lawyer to advise the council on a potential municipal bankruptcy petition.
Life to improve for some state inmatesFriday, September 3, 2010 @ 4:14AMMADISON Life is getting better for some of Wisconsins most dangerous and worst-behaving prisoners.
NewsWatch: LaSalle buys Philadelphia and San Francisco hotelsFriday, September 3, 2010 @ 3:52AMLaSalle Hotel Properties is spending upward of $300 million to buy three hotels, while shedding a fourth.
Business news in briefFriday, September 3, 2010 @ 2:38AMAgreements of sale to purchase existing homes rose 5.2 percent in July from June, but were 19.1 percent below July 2009, the National Association of Realtors reported. Sales contracts typically close two months after they are signed.