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Monsanto Surged 9%
Jan 03, 4:48 PM EST |
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| Monsanto stock surged in the late afternoon trading after the company released earnings before the market opening. |
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| Monsanto reported first fiscal quarter ending on Nov 30 sales increase of 36% to $2.1 billion and earnings increase of 184% to $256 million, and earnings per share increased to 46 cents from 16 cents a year ago. Brazil and Argentina played a key role in addition to large acerage devoted to corn production in the U.S. Monsanto raised its annual earnings guidance for the fiscal 2008. |
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RIM Soars 13% on 110% Rise in Earnings
Dec 20, 6:14 PM EST |
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| Research in Motion expects to add 1.82 million new subscribers in the fourth quarter after adding 1.6 million in the third quarter. |
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| Research in Motion third quarter earnings 115% on revenue rise of 100%. The company reported sales in the quarter of $1.67 billion compared to $835 million and earnings of $370 million compared to $175.2 million. Earnings per share jumped to 65 cents from 31 cents a year ago hoever, gross margin declined to 50.7% from 54.2% in the previous year. Research in Motion stock jumped 13% in the after market hours. |
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Bear Stearns Quarterly Loss
Dec 20, 11:53 AM EST |
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| Bear Stearns reports first quarterly loss as a public company on continued meltdown in the sub-prime lending business. |
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| Bear Stearns reported swung to a quarterly loss of $854 million from net income of $563 million a year ago on revenue to a loss of $379 million from $2.4 billion a year ago. For the fiscal year the company earnings declined to $1.52 per share from $14.27 per share a year ago. Net income in the period declined to $233 million from $2.1 billion. |
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Goldman Sachs Earnings Rise 2%
Dec 18, 9:28 AM EST |
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| Goldman Sachs reported higher revenue and earnings bucking the trend in the brokerage industry. |
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| Goldman Sachs fourth quarter revenue jumped 14% and earnings rose 2% from a year ago on higher investment banking fees, steadier flows of new assets under management, and higher revenue in the trading division. In the fourth quarter the diluted earnings per share rose to $7.01 from $6.59 a year ago. In the quarter Goldman generated $3.3 billion in revenue in fixed income trading and $2.59 billion in equities trading. |
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Autozone Surges 20% After Earnings
Dec 07, 7:21 AM EST |
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| Autozone, retailer of auto parts increased surged after reporting better than expected earnings on rising sales. |
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| Autozone sales increased 4.5% in the first quarter to $1.5 billion on same store sales increased to 1.3%. Earnings per share increased 17% to $2.02 and earnings increased 7% to $132.5 million. After the earnings news stock surged 19% to $128. Average inventory per store increased to $507,000. |
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Chicos Earnings Decline 44%
Dec 07, 6:48 AM EST |
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| Chicos reported another quarter of rising sales on new opening but declining same store sales and falling earnings. |
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| Chicos reported third quarter earnings drop of 44.1% to $23.57 million from $42 million a year ago. Sales in the quarter increased 3.4% to $416 million. Comparable sales in the quarter declined 9.3% in the the 13-week period and fell 5.5% in the 39-week period. |
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Tighter Consumers Drag Target Earnings
Nov 27, 5:10 AM EST |
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| Target third quarter earnings declined on lower than expected sales of high margin apparel and furniture sales. |
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| Target reported third quarter earnings decline of 4.5% and revenue rise of 9.3%. Earnings in the quarter were reported at $483 million and sales were $14.83 billion. Earnings per share in the quarter declined to 56 cents from 59 cents a year ago. Same-store sales in the quarter increased 3.7% with higher contribution from new stores and credit card operations. |
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Nordstrom Jumps 12% on Earnings
Nov 21, 2:17 PM EST |
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| Nordstrom jumped after reporting 22% increase in earnings and expanded stock buyback program by $1 billion. |
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| Nordstrom, luxury retailer reported third quarter sales increase of 5.3% and earnings rise of 22%. Sale in the quarter increased to $1.97 billion and earnings rose to $165.7 million and 2.2% same-store sales increase in the quarter. The company guided flat sales growth in the quarter and warned tougher retail climate going into the season. Nordstrom jumped 12% after reporting earnings in two days of trading. |
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HP Issued Optimistic 2008 Outlook
Nov 20, 3:04 PM EST |
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| HP said that revenue in the fiscal first quarter will be $27.4 billion and for the year 2008 will be $111.5 billion. |
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| Hewlett Packard reported fourth quarter revenue rise of 15% and net income in the quarter increased 28% to $2.2 billion. For the year the company reported revenue increased of 14% to $104.3 billion and earnings increased to $8.7 billion. In the quarter revenue outside the U.S. represented 67% and BRIC countries revenue rose 37% and accounted 9% of revenue in the quarter. |
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Starbucks Falls to a One-Year Low
Nov 19, 2:45 PM EST |
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| Starbucks fell 10% after reporting earnings on Friday to one-year low. Starbuck is now 43% below its peak in October 2006. |
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| Starbucks reported fourth quarter revenue increase of 22% to $2.4 billion and 21% for the fiscal year 2007. The coffe retailer earned $158 million in the fourth quarter and for the year earned $672.6 million. Comparable same store sales increased in the quarter but the number transactions declined 1%. The news of the decline in transaction and cautious earnings guidance for fiscal 2008 hurt the stock. |
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