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Although Lorilland Inc sales edged up from 1.05 million last year to $1.07 million this year, second quarterly report shows that their profit declined to $217 million from $239 million earlier year or declined on share $1.25 per share in the present compared with $1.37 per share last year.

Declined on their quarterly report are caused of two main reason, increasing on income sales and spin off from Loews Corporation. Income tax rate rose to 39.2 percent from 37.3 percent in year earlier.

MetLife Inc. reports second-quarter financial results on Tuesday after the market closes. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.

OVERVIEW: Turbulent markets and the plummeting dollar pummeled MetLife’s investment portfolio in the first quarter, shrinking the New York’s insurer’s profit by 37 percent.

The company’s car and home insurance division’s profit also fell during the first quarter because of more claims from insured damage. During the recent quarter, MetLife made some market moves, with a subsidiary of the insurance giant saying it will buy the residential mortgage business of a unit of First Horizon National Corp. for an undisclosed amount.

MetLife also announced plans to sell its 52 percent stake in Reinsurance Group of America Inc. to MetLife shareholders. Both transactions are expected to close in the third quarter.

BY THE NUMBERS: Analysts, on average, expect MetLife to earn $1.51 per share during the second quarter on revenue of $13.89 billion, according to a survey by Thomson Financial.

ANALYST TAKE: Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. analyst Randy Binner said uncertainties surrounding credit and market exposures remain in the insurance industry. Generally speaking, “Market sensitivities will again affect insurance operating results, although to a lesser extent than in the first quarter,” he wrote in a research note.

WHAT’S AHEAD: MetLife continues to push itself into the mortgage business. Its deal with First Horizon includes all of First Horizon’s origination business outside of the bank’s home state of Tennessee, servicing some $20 billion in mortgages. More than 230 retail and wholesale offices across the U.S. will be transferred. Read more »

Before I continue my report (based on Reuters.com), I would like to tell that ConocoPhillips, is the third-largest U.S. oil company. When oil price is running up, as the producer we know well that ConocoPhillips get this opportunity to take profit. If the price of your goods you produce is running high as external reasons (not your internal reason, such as high salary, high input cost), you will take profit more, right. ConocoPhillips did it on First Quarterly Report.

Reuters said, ‘Oil prices have increased nearly six-fold since 2002 on surging demand from emerging economies, supply concerns and the weak dollar. They were at or near record levels for most of the first quarter and surged to a record of nearly $120 earlier this week.’
Last period, ConocoPhillips booked profit $3.55 billion, or $2.12 a share and current period, ConocoPhillips book $4.14 billion, or $2.62 a share.
Off course, High profit in current quarterly makes ConocoPhillips repair and increase their capital and planning their business in next quarterly. Internal staff said that second quarter will more difficult, because of others competitors in oil and gas company. They will battle with Russian Oil and Gas Company, Lukoil LMOH.MM and Shell. Read more »

Microsoft Quarterly Report
According to Reuters, Microsoft books little low profit against forecast on first quarterly report. Reuters said, ‘Microsoft posted a net profit of $4.39 billion, or 47 cents per diluted share, for its third quarter ended March 31, compared with $4.93 billion, or 50 cents per diluted share, in the year-ago period. Revenue rose 0.4 percent to $14.45 billion.’
Microsoft’s staff claimed that, lower profit on first quarterly is caused by lowering on software sales.

An issue is rising, that with the lowering profit on first quarterly report, Microsoft will get hurt in battling to buy Yahoo. But the staff claimed the issue and gave no comment till consultant with internal analysts.
In my opinion (Microsoft has too), lowering on their sales (Microsoft and office software) is also caused by the economic fundamental problem in America like credit problem and their main state market. Read more »

Samsung Chief is reported to retire from his position.

Lee Kun-hee (66) Head of the Korean Giant Samsung Group reported decide to put his position after 22 years. The decision rose as his indicting to evasion tax and avoids this beach of trust, Reuters report.

Internal staff reported that Lee and his family still control Samsung.

Lee came to Samsung when the company was on trouble and in his hand and some fortune, later Samsung began a largest company in Korea and he also became conglomerate.

I would like to share my opinion about Tax Evasion, not about the Samsung Chief.

Many conglomerates and success businessmen are trouble go to the Jail because of Tax Evasion. As we know well, Tax makes our profit decline. So many businessmen try to manipulate their tax, the goal is high profit net (profit minus tax).

I don’t mind why they do tax evasion. For example (illustrate) if Samsung books profit net (in normal case with no tax evasion) around $ 100 million. With tax evasion the profit turns to $ 120 million. It means there is $ 20 million is illegal money and the amount is much. Read more »

The Biggest US Bank, Citigroup Bank is hurt by Credit Loses. But the new chief executives, Vikram Pandit, outside analysts are showing their optimism that Citigroup can change face and handle those problems in loans in future.
Based on their report, Citigroup suffers more than $16 billion. Main factor is credit and loans case. The impact goes to labor. An internal staff said that they will cut another 9,000 jobs.

Their New Executive said, “We’re not happy with our financial results this quarter,” Pandit said on a conference call. Nevertheless, he said his confidence in Citigroup’s future is “extremely high.”
Many hope for Pandit, they said. So let us see Pandit’s efforts to bring Citigroup escaped from the financial problems. Pandit said that in the beginning they focus on internal costs, like cut employees, credit repair, and they also focus on a new plan, sell Diners Club International.
Follow this link to read full article from Citigroup.
Source Reuters.com

According to JPMorgan Chase & Co based on Reuters News on April 17th, JPMorgan Chase & Co has loss quarterly profit fell 50 percent from previous quarterly report. But the good news is the share rise up 5 percent. JPMorgan Chase & Co is also appreciated by their ability to skirt and cripple their rivals. Credit Problem, Loans, and time lag on interest rate cutting became the constraint to the third-largest US Bank.

Based on the Reuters, net income in the first quarterly falls to $2.37 billion or 68 cents per share down from $4.79 billion in previous report. It means net income falls amount $1.34 billion.
Low in net income doesn’t indicate that JPMorgan is lost in quarterly. The staff said that the recent JPMorgan is pretty good, JPMorgan Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said on a conference call with analysts
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