Earnings Roundup: Sun Microsystems, DreamWorks

Among the earnings stories for Tuesday, April 28, from AP Financial News:

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Sun Microsystems Inc.'s loss ballooned in the latest quarter as restructuring charges and a 20 percent drop in sales compounded the financial woes Oracle Corp. is set to inherit by acquiring Sun for $7.4 billion.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Movie studio DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. said Tuesday its first-quarter profit more than doubled because of strong sales from the home video and international release of "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa."

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Bar and chicken wing chain Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. said Wednesday its first-quarter profit jumped 30 percent on strong sales at established locations to top Wall Street expectations.

ATLANTA (AP) — Internet service provider EarthLink Inc. said Tuesday its first-quarter profit dropped 37 percent as the number of subscribers slid by nearly a million.

NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — Shares of Emcor Group Inc. jumped Tuesday after the mechanical and electrical construction services provider posted solid results for the first quarter.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Bankruptcy expenses drove Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc. to a fourth-quarter loss of almost $161 million, but it reported an operating profit as it continues to look for an investor to take it out of Chapter 11.