<div><h1>GLIMMERS OF HOPE FOR U.S. CORPORATE PROFITS </h1><p>Companies in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index have come a long way since reporting a collective loss at the end of 2008. Third-quarter numbers so far indicate operating profits of about $137 billion, and more companies are ...

<div><h1> REMODELING THE DOW </h1><p>It didn't suit the blue-chip image of the Dow Jones industrial average to continue to include the stocks of bankrupt General Motors and ward-of-the-state Citigroup. So Dow owner News Corp. said on June 1 that it's casting them out of the list of ...

<div id="subtitle">Travelers Cos. 1st-quarter profit falls 32 percent on investment losses; 2009 outlook affirmed</div><div><p>The Travelers Cos. reported on Thursday a 32 percent drop in first-quarter profit, primarily due to losses on its investments, and confirmed full-year guidance well below analysts' estimates.</p><p ...