1) Volkswagen profit jumps 65% 2) Michelin first-half profit jumps 58%, tops view 3) Reuters profit up 19%, begins U.S. antitrust talks 4) BG Group quarterly profit up 13 % 5) Capgemini profit more than doubles on 16% revenue rise 6) Allliance & Leicester H1 pretax profit up 13% at GBP290M 7) BSkyB adj operating profit up 6% at GBP958M Hope, I found enough "reasons"...
Here are even some better reasons : 1) GE also reaffirmed its full fiscal-year guidance and announced that it will raise its 2007 share buyback program to $14 billion. 2) 3M sets record $7 billion share buyback plan 3) Johnson & Johnson announced that its board of directors had authorized the repurchase of up to $10 billion of its common stock
I am fighting really hard to find some more reasons -P/E ratios DOW COMPONENTS : 1) AA => P/E: 15.20 2) AIG => P/E: 11.65 3) AXP => P/E: 18.32 4) BA => P/E: 22.45 5) C => P/E: 11.52 6) CAT => P/E: 15.91 7) DD => P/E: 13.45 8) DIS => P/E: 15.78