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米ボーイングの７－９月期、純利益38％減 機械工によるストライキが影響
Boeing's Net Falls 38%, Hurt by Machinists' Strike (WSJ.com)
Boeing Co. reported a 38% drop in third-quarter net income as a strike by machinists shut down plants and delayed passenger-jet deliveries.
The company also said Wednesday that it had suspended financial forecasts until the work stoppage ends, citing "the uncertain length of the labor strike." Negotiations, including an outside mediator, are expected to resume Thursday.
Chief Executive Jim McNerney said the company performed well outside of its commercial-aircraft business and said its balance sheet and backlog gives it the flexibility to withstand the strike and adapt to the worsening ...
to suspend financial forecasts: 業績見通しを発表しない
mediator: 調停役
outside of: ～を除いて
米バイオ製薬大手アムジェンの７－９月期、増益 08年度見通しを上方修正
Amgen Raises 2008 Outlook as Third-Quarter Net Soars (WSJ.com)
Amgen Inc.'s third-quarter net income soared as sales rose 7.3%, prompting the company to again raise its 2008 outlook.
The news sent the biotechnology giant's shares up 5.4% to $52.70 in after-hours trading. The shares ended the regular session down 5%.
Amgen recorded net income of $1.16 billion, or $1.09 a share, compared with $201 million, or 18 cents a share, in the prior-year period. Excluding acquisition-related and stock-compensation costs, earnings rose to $1.23 from ...
after-hours trading: 時間外取引、営業時間後取引
$1.09 a share: １株当たり1.09ドル（１株利益）
米公的年金基金カルパース、資産目減り 雇用者負担が増大する可能性
Decline in Calpers Assets May Lead to Increased Employer Contributions (WSJ.com)
The California Public Employees' Retirement System, the nation's largest public pension fund, said recent investment losses from the financial crisis could cause cities, counties and other state employers to pay more money to the pension fund, starting for some in July 2010.
Calpers said that assets have declined by more than 20% from the end of the June 30 fiscal year through Oct. 10; total assets as of Oct. 20 were about $193 billion. It would lead to an estimated increase in employer contributions to the fund of 2% to 4% starting in July 2010 for some employers, and for the rest in July 2011, unless those losses are reversed, according to a Calpers memo.
The increased contributions would be greater if the fund's assets decline further by the end of the fiscal year of June 2009. However, the contributions would be smaller, or even nothing, if the fund reverses those losses.
California Public Employees' Retirement System: CalPERS、カルパース、カリフォルニア州職員退職年金基金、米国最大の公的年金基金
employer contributions: 事業主負担
米中西部の農家、来年の収入減を警戒 トウモロコシ価格下落と生産コスト上昇
Glory Days Fade for U.S. Farmers (WSJ.com)
The Midwest faces plunging crop prices and stubbornly high production costs. Corn prices have dropped from $7.54 a bushel around July Fourth in central Iowa to just $3.81 a bushel on Tuesday. But growers are hearing from suppliers that fertilizer and seed costs could rise by more than 40% each for next spring's plantings.
Some farmers are postponing equipment purchases and considering whether to plant less of such high-cost crops as corn come spring. Stock prices of agricultural companies have plummeted: The shares of Bunge Ltd., which sells fertilizer to farmers and processes soybeans, have dropped 67% since June, while Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., a grain processor and exporter, is 60% off its 52-week high.
Now, farmers fear a big drop in next year's profits. Most economists figure the Farm Belt can weather a slowdown, partly because farmer balance sheets are strong, and partly because federal mandates will increase the amount of corn consumed to make ethanol fuel next year. Also, economists think global demand for U.S. crops will remain robust despite recent economic troubles.
glory days: 最盛期
fertilizer and seed costs: 肥料・種子購入の費用
Farm Belt: 米国中西部の大農業地帯
独医薬品大手メルクの７－９月期、純利益28％減 約12％の人員削減を計画
Merck Plans to Cut 7,200 More Jobs (WSJ.com)
Merck & Co. posted a 28% drop in third-quarter net income amid broad sales weakness, as the drug maker announced plans to cut another 7,200 jobs and lowered a long-term forecast that it withdrew in July.
The job cuts are on top of a 2005 restructuring plan that was substantially completed at quarter's end. It eliminated 10,400 positions, more than the 7,000 initially contemplated. The latest round of cuts is expected to be completed by the end of 2011 with about 40% of the reductions taking place in the U.S.
Merck, which had about 56,700 employees as of Sept. 30, ...
sales weakness: 販売不振
job cuts: 雇用削減
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