TJX Beats, But… (TJX)
The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TJX) did beat estimates this morning and showed that discounters and clearance merchandise retailers that get it can do well in a slowing economy. Unfortunately, its guidance is only…
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Newest first · Page 257Dell Scrapping XPS Gaming PC’s to Resume Alienware Growth (DELL)
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) has apparently been having some problems in its gaming PC division. The company’s own XPS gaming systems sales are competing against its higher-end Alienware sales. In the report, four of…
Canadian Solar Earnings Go Super-Solar (CSIQ)
Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) came out this morning and didn’t just beat earnings estimates; they trounced them. The company posted $21.2 million non-GAAP income or $0.65 non-GAAP EPS on a 34% revenue rise…
Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (BRL, BE, EDS, HPQ, IRM, MHP, MCO, RSH, SNH, SNN, SOV)
These are not the only analyst calls this morning, but these are some of the impact calls we are seeing this Tuesday morning: Barr Pharma (NYSE: BRL) raised to Outperform from Neutral at Cowen…
Wal-Mart (WMT): Better Gauge Of The Economy Than GDP
While most retailers are simply trying to stay out of Chapter 11, Wal-Mart posted an extraordinary quarter. It was even more impressive because, as the world’s largest retailer, it must fight the law of…
AIG (AIG): The Revenge Of Hank Greenberg
Hank Greenberg built AIG (AIG) from a nothing insurance company to one of the largest financial services firms in the world. Along the way, he became a billionaire, but shareholders figured he was worth…
Nissan Sends Up Smoke Signals About US Market
Ford (F), GM (GM), and Chrysler have continued to maintain the hope that car sales will turn in the second half of the year. Since they have been falling by double digits each month,…
Credit Agricole And Merrill Lynch (MER): Two Blind Men, Same Elephant
Credit Agricole may have to raise over $9 billion to rebuild its capital after substantial mortgage-related losses in the last quarter. According to The Wall Street Journal "Crédit Agricole said it will launch an…
Media Digest 5/13/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, HP (HPQ) plans to buy EDS (EDS) to better compete with IBM (IBM). Reuters writes that AIG (AIG) says it sees no reason to follow the request of its ex-CEO to…
Asia Markets 5/13/2008 (CHL)(PTR)
Markets in Asia were mixed The Nikkei rose 1.5% to 13,954. Canon rose 2.9% to 4310. KDDI rose 3.9% to 691000. The Hang Seng rose 1.7% to 25,495. China Mobile (CHL) rose 2.6% to…
Petro-Canada, New Debt For Old Debt (PCZ)
Petro-Canada (NYSE: PCZ) is selling a total $1.5 Billion in debt to a syndicate of underwriters in the United States. Of the full offering, some $600 million in debt of 6.05% 10-year Notes due…
Southwest Airlines Takes Down New $600 Million Loan (LUV)
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) has disclosed in an SEC Fling that On May 6, 2008 the company entered into a term loan agreement with Citibank and seven European banks named as lenders to…
Why Didn’t Dell (DELL) Buy EDS (EDS)?
Late word is that Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) plans to buy technology outsourcing company EDS (EDS) for something like $13 billion. Shares in EDS rose almost 28% on the rumor. HPQ has a market cap of…
Whole Foods & Earnings… Luxury or Staple??? (WFMI)
Tuesday after the close, we’ll get to see earnings out of Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ: WFMI). The estimates for the organic food grocer from First Call are $0.30 EPS on $1.89 billion in…
Electronic Arts…. Earnings Guidance or Merger?? (ERTS, TTWO)
After the close of trading on Tuesday, we’ll get to see earnings out of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS). The estimates for the video game software game giant from First Call are $0.00 EPS…