Marriott International Inc. (NYSE: MAR) reported fiscal third quarter 2012 diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.44 on revenue of $2.73 billion. In the same period a year ago, the hotel operator reported adjusted…
In July, the U.K. services sector grew 1.1% from June, when the sector fell 1.5%, according to the Office for National Statistics. That was the fastest pace of growth for more than a year.…
Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) reported fiscal third quarter 2012 adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.53 on revenue of $4.68 billion. In the same period a year ago, the cruise line operator reported adjusted…
Paychex Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYX) reported fiscal first quarter 2013 earnings per share (EPS) of $0.42 on revenue of $578.2 million. In the same period a year ago, the homebuilder reported EPS of $0.41 on…
VeriFone Systems Inc. (NYSE: PAY) reported adjusted third quarter 2012 EPS of $0.75 on $493 million in non-GAAP after markets closed today. In the same period a year ago, the electronic payments firm reported…
Business software maker Workday Inc. has filed an initial Form S-1 saying it plans an initial public offering to raise up to $400 million. No date or share price is included in this filing,…
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is testing an advertising service that allows companies to place more promotional messages in the News Feeds of users, even if those members or their friends have not signaled they…
The Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. (NYSE: IPG) is giving back on Friday’s gains after hopes of an acquisition have been put on the back burner. Publicis was quoted over the weekend as having…
The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (NYSE: IPG) may not be at a 52-week low but its shares are now trading at a low for all of 2012. The advertising empire’s poor second quarter…
Xerox (NYSE: XRX) shares slipped about 2.5% in morning trading, following the Connecticut-based document management company’s second-quarter report. Xerox said its quarterly earnings declined 3.1% to $309 million, from $319 million in the year-ago…
Big data firm Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) had one of the most successful IPOs of this year, if you measure success by the rise in the share price on the first day of the…
Shares in Informatica Corp. (NASDAQ: INFA) lost -25% after the market closed last night after the company announced that it would not meet previous second quarter revenue or EPS forecasts. The software maker lowered…
New research from consulting firm InSites Consulting reveals a high level of social media usage in the US, much higher than in Europe. Some 80% of US companies use Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), 45%…
Software giant Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) is trading down about -2% in the early afternoon today following a research note from JMP Securities that maintains the firm’s ‘market perform’ rating, raises Oracle’s EPS estimate…
Database software maker Quest Software Inc. (NASDAQ: QSFT) said this morning that the company had received a takeover offer of $25.50/share from an unnamed “strategic bidder.” The company had already agreed to a March…