Barnes Group Inc. in Bristol Wednesday said 1996 earnings rose 19 percent, to record levels, and that fourth-quarter profits climbed 55 percent, to a new record. Net income was $32.6 million, or $4.90 ...

A surge in consumer loans helped push Signet Banking Corp.’s first-quarter net income up 17 percent, the Richmond, Va.-based company said yesterday. Signet reported net income of $31.2 million, or 52 ...

Money from investors continued flowing into T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. as the company reported yesterday record net income of $24.5 million in the second quarter, up 34 percent from the same period ...

Outboard Marine Corp. reported its fiscal fourth-quarter net income declined more than 10 percent, to $7.6 million, or 38 cents a share, from $8.5 million, or 42 cents a share, a year earlier. Net ...

Quaker Oats Co. reported first-quarter net income plunged 91 percent, to $32.2 million, or 23 cents a share, from $366.1 million, or $2.73 per share, in the year-earlier period. Figures for both years ...