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Alcatel-Lucent Pulls a Rabbit Out of Its Hat on Earnings (ALU)

Posted: February 10, 2012 at 8:13 am

Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) is surging after earnings.  Amazingly enough, the short sellers greatly lightened up in the new data that came out of the NYSE last night.  There was a ...
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LinkedIn 2012 Outlook: EBITDA vs. EPS (LNKD)

Posted: February 9, 2012 at 4:21 pm

LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) is out with its year-end and fourth quarter earnings report.  The company earned $6.9 million or $0.12 per share on non-GAAP on sales of $167.7 million.  ...
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The Case For and Against SIRIUS XM… Value Versus Pandora? (SIRI, P)

Posted: February 9, 2012 at 12:40 pm

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is always a gamble around earnings because of its massive share count and low price making each penny in earnings per share seem more ...
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Pepsi Earnings Growth Meets Large Layoffs (PEP, KO)

Posted: February 9, 2012 at 7:50 am

PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) is trying to turn a wrong-way ship.  Whether this is the right path is going to be up for debate.  During a recovery, layoffs are not always viewed ...
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Valuation Reality Check In Whole Foods (WFM, KR, SWY)

Posted: February 8, 2012 at 5:56 pm

Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) may have posted a 33% gain to earnings and it may still have a lot of growth ahead of it.  The reality is that ...
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Cisco Boosts Earnings & Dividend (CSCO)

Posted: February 8, 2012 at 4:33 pm

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) reported earnings growth of 43% to $2.18 billion or $0.40 EPS net but the non-GAAP report followed by analysts was $0.47 EPS.    Revenues rose by ...
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Groupon Headline Loss Trumps Revenue Beat (GRPN)

Posted: February 8, 2012 at 4:17 pm

Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) has just shown its first earnings report since it came public.  The online couponing site reported -$0.02 EPS on an increase of 194% in sales to ...
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Top Earnings Previews For Thursday (ATVI, BG, CBOE, DNKN, EXPE, LNKD, MPEL, NUAN, PEP, PBR, PM, RSG, SIRI, SON, TDC)

Posted: February 8, 2012 at 2:20 pm

This week should be the last waves of the normalized quarterly earnings reports for companies with December 31 quarter-end dates.  We are also starting to get a few of the ...
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360-Degree Cisco Earnings Preview (CSCO, ORCL, JNPR, ALU)

Posted: February 8, 2012 at 12:44 pm

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) reports earnings after the close.  Our guess is that Main Street is going to either really reward or really punish the stock.  All companies in ...
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Political Fodder… Private Equity Firms Are Hiring!

Posted: February 8, 2012 at 9:55 am

Private equity firms are bad and evil because they fire workers to juice profits for billionaires who get to pay low tax rates!  Is that the right logic?  What if ...
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Top Earnings Previews For Wednesday (AKAM, CSCO, CSC, ENB, GRPN, IM, ICE, LVLT, MCO, NWSA, PNG, PAA, PRU, RL, RAI, S, TWX, VICL, V, WFM)

Posted: February 7, 2012 at 1:30 pm

We are entering into the last waves of the normalized quarterly earnings reports for companies with December 31 quarter-end dates, and we are entering the first waves of the earnings ...
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All of Tech/Comm Bracing For Cisco Earnings… Dividend Too (CSCO, JNPR, ALU, ORCL)

Posted: February 7, 2012 at 11:52 am

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is set to report earnings on Wednesday after the closing bell and all companies in telecom and communications will be watching handily.  After a poor ...
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Coke Has Positive Earnings, and a Smile (KO)

Posted: February 7, 2012 at 7:44 am

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) has managed to beat earnings and shares are trading higher in the pre-market after the report.  On an operational and normalized basis, Coca-Cola's earnings hit ...
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Yum! Earnings Help To Challenge All-Time High (YUM)

Posted: February 6, 2012 at 4:26 pm

Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) is showing that not all international stories are cautious.  The owner of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC reported earnings for the fourth quarter.  For the ...
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Top Earnings Previews For Tuesday (NLY, BP, BWLD, CERN, CHD, KO, EMR, HIG, JIVE, NTGR, OPEN, PNRA, SNCR, TM, DIS)

Posted: February 6, 2012 at 1:24 pm

We are getting into the last of the normalized quarterly earnings reports and into the first waves of the companies with off-normal quarter-ends.  Tuesday is going to be another busy ...
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