EGL, Inc. Reports Diluted EPS of $0.40 Operating Income Increased 39%

HOUSTON, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EGL, Inc. (Nasdaq: EAGL - News ) announced that diluted earnings per share for the third quarter of 2005 increased 18% to $0.40 compared to $0.34 in the third quarter of 2004. Diluted earnings per share of $0.34 for last year's third quarter included a $0.06 per share gain from...

Owner Of Company Blamed In Avon Crash Charged With Attempted Fraud

— The owner of a Bloomfield company that is blamed for a deadly chain reaction crash in Avon was arrested Wednesday on charges of attempted insurance fraud and attempted larceny.

Just an hour earlier, a Superior Court judge had ordered the liquidation of American Crushing & Recycling, which owns the truck invol...

PLANTATION -- This hurricane season is projected to be the most expensive ever for insurers. And when losses pile up for insurance companies, bad news for homeowners in storm-prone areas isn't far behind: premium increases.

Hard-hit places like Louisiana, Florida and Mississippi are likely to see steep increases on top of previous ones after Hurricanes Dennis, Katrina, Rita and Wilma pum...

NEW YORK - Stocks moved sharply higher Wednesday on strong earnings from Time Warner Inc. and declining oil prices. A big upswing in tech stocks lifted the Nasdaq composite index well over 1 percent.

With three-quarters of third-quarter earnings reported, the Standard & Poor's 500 are poised to post a 14 percent year-over-year quarterly gain. Traders continue to watch earnings while they...

Expanding in the domestic market by getting into additional segments (launching new products and services), and/or increasing market share in existing ones Increasing investments for capacity expansion and improving technology, processes, people and infrastructure Increasing acquisitions to fuel growth and acquire new capabilities

Apart from catering to the growing domestic market, Fortun...

WASHINGTON - Declaring the income tax system "has become a running joke," a presidential panel on Tuesday recommended rewriting the nation's tax laws by eliminating virtually every deduction and credit and replacing them with simpler benefits for more taxpayers.

Treasury Secretary John Snow said he would study the report, issued by the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform, a...

A flock of wild parrots that took up residence on a hill overlooking the bay, becoming the subject of a best-selling book and documentary film, were nowhere to be seen Tuesday after one of their perches was cut down and two others faced a similar fate.

Mark Bittner, who brought attention to the bright green and red birds that have delighted tourists and residents for years, halted a tree ...