Strong overseas sales and cost-cutting kept a decline in Tiffany & Co.'s third-quarter profit to a bare minimum, causing the luxury jeweler to raise its full-year profit outlook heading into the crucial holiday season. The luxury sector has seen sales drop sharply during the recession ...

FedEx Corp., the world's second largest package delivery company, on Friday offered a signal that the global economy is improving, as it raised its first-quarter earnings forecast on better-than-expected international shipments and cost cuts. Its shares leapt more than 6 percent in Friday trading ...

WellPoint Inc. trumped Wall Street's first-quarter profit expectations on Wednesday, but sliding enrollment and the shaky economy prompted the health insurer to issue a cautious outlook for the rest of 2009. The largest private insurer based on enrollment said it lost 814,000 members compared with the same quarter last ...