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The Associated Press: MasterCard Inc. said its fourth-quarter profit topped Wall Street expectations as strong consumer spending boosted transactions. The results drove shares of MasterCard to an all-time high before tumbling in early trading. The Purchase, N.Y.-based company, which went public in May 2006, posted quarterly profit of $41 million, or 30 cents per share, compared with a loss of $53 million, or 39 cents per share, a year earlier. Excluding the impact of litigation settlements, MasterCard reported a profit of $41 million, or 31 cents per share, in the latest period. The company's $2.39 billion initial public offering was used to unwind holdings by thousands of U.S. banks that controlled the company, and it now counts hedge funds like Atticus Management LLC and mutual funds like Fidelity among its biggest investors.
 

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