The following U.S. companies reported higher earnings per share for their latest quarter (end date of the quarter is noted in the last column).

Earnings announcements for Tuesday, July 31st: Arkansas Best Corp (NASDAQ: ABFS) announced its earnings results on Tuesday. The company reported $0.44 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the analysts' consensus estimate of $0.16 by $0.28.

or Cancel Already have a portfolio? Log In. By Victoria Stilwell. Ingredion Inc.'s (NYSE:INGR) second-quarter profit climbed 38% as strong sales to the soft drink and brewing industries helped boost revenue, while price increases covered higher input ...

WESTCHESTER, Ill., July 31, 2012 - Ingredion Incorporated (NYSE: INGR), a leading global provider of ingredient solutions to diversified industries, today reported results for the second quarter 2012.

(Thomson Reuters ONE via COMTEX) -- - Second quarter 2012 reported EPS rose 39 percent to $1.40 from $1.01 in the second quarter 2011.

Have you ever heard of the Palmer Z Index? Me neither. But it's something we'll be hearing a lot about in coming weeks and months.

Margins matter. The more Ingredion (NYS: INGR) keeps of each buck it earns in revenue, the more money it has to invest in growth, fund new strategic plans, or (gasp!

Update: Fortune 500 Women CEOs hits a record 20. By Colleen Leahey, Reporter July 18, 2012: 9:30 AM ET. FORTUNE -- As we noted yesterday, Yahoo's new chief Marissa Mayer is the youngest CEO in the Fortune 500.

... PEIX, POT, PPC, RNF, SAFM, TSN. by David Urani. I want to put on my farmer's hat for a minute to discuss food prices.