******* NYTimes.com: Companies Push Prices Higher, Protecting Profits but Adding to Inflation rj

Corporate profits have been bolstered by higher prices even as some of the costs of doing business have fallen in recent months.

Companies Push Prices Higher, Protecting Profits but Adding to Inflation Corporate profits have been bolstered by higher prices even as some of the costs of doing business have fallen in recent months. www.nytimes.com