Gross profit margin rose 17% in April-June from 0.9% in the year-earlier period.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tata Steel Swings to Profit] Reference

BAA restated its year-earlier figures to take account of the sale of Gatwick airport.    From Wordnik.com.  [BAA Narrows Loss] Reference

GDP rose 18.8% from the year-earlier quarter, less than 19.3% growth reported earlier.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hot Singapore Economy Cools a Bit] Reference

Time Warner last week said its second-quarter profit rose 7.3% compared with the year-earlier period.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Time Inc. CEO Is Named] Reference

Operating margin fell to 18.5% from 23.6% in the previous quarter and 25.2% in the year-earlier period.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tech Mahindra Profit Up 9.1%] Reference

Mahindra said it sold 53,948 utility vehicles in the just-ended quarter, up 11% from the year-earlier period.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mahindra Profit Up 40%] Reference

For instance, J.P. Morgan's margin shrank to 3.06% in the second quarter, from 3.37% in the year-earlier period.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wells Wins in a Japan-Style Slump] Reference

The company reported a one-cent profit from continuing operations, compared with a year-earlier loss of 47 cents.    From Wordnik.com.  [Smoother Ride for Auto-Parts Makers] Reference

The most recent quarter included a net 1 cent in charges, while the year-earlier quarter included a 4-cent benefit.    From Wordnik.com.  [CenturyLink, Qwest Post 2Q Profit Despite Weak DSL] Reference

Consumer prices were up 1.2% from last July, and stood 0.9% above the year-earlier level excluding food and energy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Battered, Bargain-Hungry Buyers Keep Retail Sales Weak] Reference

ICE said in July that average daily volume rose 36% from the year-earlier quarter to a record 1.4 million contracts.    From Wordnik.com.  [IntercontinentalExchange Net Rises 41%] Reference

In the second quarter, 5,902 homes were sold, up 49.2% from the year-earlier quarter, and up 54.7% from the first quarter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sales of Long Island Homes Increase In Quarter, but Prices Remain Mixed] Reference

It spent 32.53 billion rupees on buying raw materials such as steel, aluminum and rubber, 22% more than the year-earlier period.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mahindra Profit Up 40%] Reference

Trading volume at CBOE rose over the quarter; however, year-earlier results were boosted by the recognition of deferred revenue.    From Wordnik.com.  [CBOE Slides As Profit Misses Expectations] Reference

The year-earlier figure benefited from the acquisition of a U.S. life-and-health reinsurance portfolio at the beginning of 2009.    From Wordnik.com.  [Disaster Claims Weigh on Hannover Re's Profit] Reference

Ltd. reported a fiscal first-quarter net profit, reversing a year-earlier loss, as the global economic recovery boosted air travel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Singapore Airlines Posts Profit] Reference

Nationwide property sales fell 15.4% to 64.7 million square meters (696.4 million square feet) in July from the year-earlier period.    From Wordnik.com.  [China Trade Surplus Widened in July] Reference

Aegean Marine Petroleum slid 3.40, or 18%, to 15.65 as second-quarter earnings fell 26% on charges this year and year-earlier gains.    From Wordnik.com.  [Russell 2000 Falls for Third Day] Reference

Its operating income, however, declined 2% to 1.07 billion pesos in the first half from 1.09 billion pesos in the year-earlier period.    From Wordnik.com.  [San Miguel Net Drops] Reference

For the three months to June it posted a group net profit of 43.68 billion yen, reversing a year-earlier net loss of 52.98 billion yen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Panasonic Gets GripOver Units] Reference

The company spent 60.80 billion rupees to buy steel, aluminum and other raw materials in the quarter, up 26% from the year-earlier period.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maruti Suzuki Disappoints] Reference

Excluding one-time items, the bottom-line numbers for the first half would have been up 7% from the year-earlier period, the company said.    From Wordnik.com.  [San Miguel Net Drops] Reference

Its results included nonoperating income of 252.8 million rupees in the past quarter, compared with a year-earlier expense of 261.1 million rupees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tech Mahindra Profit Up 9.1%] Reference

It didn't give any year-earlier figures, but said the royalty pay-out included one-time arrears of 651.5 million rupees for the December 2009-March 2010 period.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maruti Suzuki Disappoints] Reference

Cotter & Co., which operates more than 7,000 True Value hardware stores, peddled a whopping half-a-million shovels this winter-up 75 percent from the year-earlier period.    From Wordnik.com.  [We Suffered, They Sold] Reference