Gross Profit Improves by More Than 19% PHILADELPHIA, April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008. Net sales in the first quarter grew to $1,863 million, up 8.8% over the $1,713 million in the first quarter of 2007. The increase in sales was primarily due to...

PHILADELPHIA, March 27, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) will release its earnings for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008 after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, April 16, 2008. The Company will hold a conference call to discuss these results at 9:00 a.m. (EDT) on Thursday...

PHILADELPHIA, March 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK), announced today that Timothy J. Donahue, Senior Vice President- Finance, will address the Lehman Brothers 2008 High Yield Bond and Syndicated Loan Conference in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on Thursday, March 13, 2008. The Lehman Brothers Conference will take place at the Disney Yacht and Beach Club in Lake Buena...

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $500 million of the Company's common stock through the end of 2010. Stock repurchases under this program may be made in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions, and at times and in such...