KeyCorp reported its initial quarterly distinction in two years Thursday with fewer soured loans, some-more income from fees and improved price controls.

Orbital Sciences Corp., that creates satellites, rockets and alternative space technology, on Thursday lowered its full-year guidance.

Insurer Travelers Cos. pronounced Thursday its second-quarter distinction dipped 9 percent since of a burst in claims paid to cover weather-related losses.

Orbital Sciences Corp., which creates satellites, rockets and alternative space technology, pronounced Thursday which its second-quarter net income plunged 27 percent, weighed down in partial by costs compared with an acquisition.

Tough foe and ensuing reduce grocery prices gathering Safeway Inc.'s second-quarter net income down 40 percent, the inhabitant grocery sequence pronounced Thursday.

Tyco Electronics Ltd. on Thursday posted a distinction for the mercantile third quarter, reversing a year-ago loss, as a miscarry in direct for electronic components propelled income by 23 percent.

Caterpillar's second-quarter gain shot up 91 percent with the complicated machine manufacturer stating strong sales of apparatus for industries which operation from mining and infrastructure to energy.

With investors examining second-quarter gain reports for signs of trouble in Europe or the U.S., Xerox CEO Ursula Burns told analysts Thursday which her association was saying counsel but not the fall in sales which a little are fearing.

BOTTOM LINE: Drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb reports a 6 percent dump in net income, but income is up 5 percent incompatible its spun-off nourishment commercial operation and sales corner up 2 percent.

Hershey Co.'s second-quarter net income fell 35 percent since of charges for restructuring and to write down the worth of a corner try in India. But corroborated by a large promotion push, income rose as the association sole some-more chocolate.