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Amex Earnings: Spend Gains But Profits Lag
Investments // January 20, 2017

American Express Co. said on Thursday that its fourth-quarter net income in 2016 was off 8 percent, weighed down in part by marketing expenses, and, as Bloomberg noted, reserves were taken to cover bad loans, which were up nine percent. As reported by the company...

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Amex Earnings: Spend Gains But Profits Lag

January 20, 2017
American Express Co. said on Thursday that its fourth-quarter net income in 2016 was off 8 percent, weighed down in part by marketing expenses, and, as Bloomberg noted, reserves were taken to cover bad loans, which were up nine percent. As reported by the company after the stock market closed, net income was $0.88 a […]