At a Glance

* Carnival Corp. said fiscal second-quarter profit was little changed from a year ago, held down by price competition among cruise lines and high fuel costs, and warned that earnings for all of fiscal 2000 will be only “slightly higher” than last year’s $1.66 a share. The world’s largest cruise operator reported net income of $204 million, or 34 cents a share, including $10.7 million in nonrecurring gains, up from $203.3 million, or 33 cents, a year earlier. Excluding the gains, profit was 32 cents a share, a penny better than analyst expectations. Revenue rose 9.9% to $875.1 million.