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Baker Hughes Slices First Quarter Profit Estimate (BHI, SLB, HAL)

Posted: March 21, 2012 at 8:38 am

Oil field services firm Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) this morning announced that it is cutting its first quarter 2012 operating profit before tax margins in both its US and ...
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Adobe Earnings, Good Not Good Enough (ADBE)

Posted: March 19, 2012 at 4:23 pm

Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) has reported earnings which met expectations on the surface.  The non-GAAP report was $0.57 in earnings per share on sales of $1.05 billion.  Thomson Reuters had ...
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LDK Solar Slashes Forecasts (LDK, HSOL, SOL)

Posted: March 19, 2012 at 7:42 am

Solar panel maker LDK Solar Co. Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) has revised its fourth quarter 2011 forecast and announced its guidance for the company’s 2012 fiscal year. The company will announce ...
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Steel Dynamics Lowers Forecast (STLD, NUE)

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 10:02 am

Steel maker Steel Dynamics Inc. (NASDAQ: STLD) today cut its EPS guidance by around 50% of the previous consensus estimate of $0.36. The company’s new forecast is for EPS of ...
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Nucor Guidance Way Below Consensus Estimate (NUE)

Posted: March 15, 2012 at 9:32 am

Steel-maker Nucor Corp. (NYSE: NUE) released guidance for its first quarter of 2012 that is about 50% less than consensus estimates. The company said that EPS for the first quarter ...
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Guess?… Jonesing on Weak Earnings (GES)

Posted: March 15, 2012 at 8:59 am

If you have never heard that investing into apparel companies is effectively a bit like investing in a new company three times a year, look no further than the reminder ...
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Pacific Sunwear: Long-Term Viability Issues To Consider (PSUN)

Posted: March 14, 2012 at 11:12 am

Pacific Sunwear Of California, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSUN) is caught between a rock and a hard place.  The retailer keeps managing to lose money and that is what is bringing out the wrecking ...
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First Solar Guidance Lower… Good Enough? (FSLR)

Posted: February 28, 2012 at 4:38 pm

First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) was halted pending earnings.  The U.S. solar leader reported earnings of $1.26 EPS and $660 million in revenues.  Thomson Reuters had estimates of $1.54 EPS ...
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HTC: The Latest Victim of Smartphone Wars

Posted: February 6, 2012 at 6:45 am

HTC posted fourth-quarter earnings that were less than impressive. It also forecast a disastrous first quarter. These are signs that HTC is the latest company to succumb to the success of Samsung and ...
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RadioShack Margins Gutted By Sprint (RSH, S)

Posted: January 30, 2012 at 4:34 pm

RadioShack Corporation (NYSE: RSH) pre-announced results for its fourth quarter and the figures are just awful.  This is where a value stock becomes a value trap.  Sales rose about 6% ...
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The Juniper & Riverbed Tails Wagging The Cisco Dog (JNPR, CSCO, RVBD)

Posted: January 26, 2012 at 5:49 pm

Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE: JNPR) is often considered the baby versions of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO).  That characterisation may not be fair, but that is another story.  Investors and ...
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Weak Coal Demand Driving Fear (PCX, ANR, JRCC, MT, X, AKS)

Posted: January 13, 2012 at 11:23 am

US coal miner Patriot Coal Corp. (NYSE: PCX) said this morning that it was closing three of its contractor-operated coal mines and two production units in West Virginia “in response ...
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Ford… Loss, Actually NO LOSS (F)

Posted: January 10, 2012 at 11:24 am

As per a retraction or a correction, CNBC's Phil LeBeau has just retracted (or corrected) his statement that Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) is going to post a loss for ...
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Alcoa, When Bad Earnings Should Be Good Enough & Priced In (AA)

Posted: January 9, 2012 at 4:15 pm

Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) has kicked off earnings season.  Expectations were not very high about the fourth quarter and expecting any great guidance seemed a bit misplaced if you have ...
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Refining Sector Woes Going From Challenging To Worse (TSO, VLO, MPC, WNR, CVI, XOM, CVX, COP, BP)

Posted: January 5, 2012 at 12:45 pm

One of the largest crude oil refiners in the US, Tesoro Corp. (NYSE: TSO), this morning lowered its earnings guidance for the fourth quarter, projecting a loss of -$0.55 to ...
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