months of the year

Japan revises its economic growth for the first three months of the year upwards to 1%, beating forecasts.

Sony reports an unexpected loss for the first three months of the year after it is hit by falling stock markets.

Improved Airbus results sends its parent company EADS into profit in the first three months of the year.

AP - Worker productivity rose by a better-than-expected amount in the first three months of the year while labor cost pressures eased.

As Wall Street comes to the end of what is often called the 'best six months' of the year, investors may be feeling cheated.

And concerned. If that was the market at its best, what does the market at its worst look like?

The UK economy grew 0.4% in the first three months of the year, its weakest quarterly growth in three years.

ATLANTA - Delta and Northwest, seeking to combine to create the world's largest airline, posted losses Wednesday totaling $10.5 billion for the first three months of the year due to exorbitant fuel prices and write-downs of their companies' value.

Southwest's chief executive, meanwhile, indicated that the carrier wasn't interested in a merger and said the very thought of it was daunting.

AP - Toyota has taken the global automotive sales lead from General Motors, selling 2.41 million vehicles to GM's 2.25 million over the first three months of the year.