Increased by 26.4% to $.43 per share, or $55.1 million, compared to $.34 per share, or $43.3 million, in the same period a year ago.. Sales in Asia-Pacific increased 24%.Sales in Europe increased 22%.Gross margin ...

Theories/Speculation Security consultants contend the lack of federal oversight contributes to security negligence. Security expert witness J.R. Roberts said many companies are concerned with profit rather than producing qualified officers. He said, "There are more than three times ...

Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) reported strong fiscal fourth quarter results Monday and raised its outlook for the first quarter and 2011 in the first financial results under new CEO Leo Apotheker.. The results indicate that HP has been able to execute amid ...

Hewlett-Packard reported strong fiscal fourth quarter results Monday and raised its outlook for the first quarter and 2011 in the first financial results under new CEO Leo Apotheker.. The results indicate that HP has been able to execute amid distractions-notably ...

The cloud message the Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff continues to preach seems to be paying off.. For its third quarter, Salesforce reported earnings of 32 cents, a 14 percent increase over the year-ago quarter, on sales $429 million, a 30 ...

GameStop Corp., the world's largest video game retailer, said Thursday its fiscal third-quarter net income climbed as sales of popular new titles such as " Nonetheless, GameStop ( GME - news - people )'s shares retreated as the company's revenue was slightly ...

The cloud message the Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff continues to preach seems to be paying off.. For its third quarter, Salesforce (CRM) reported earnings of 32 cents, a 14 percent increase over the year-ago quarter, on sales $429 million, a ...

The franchise cost of any chain will depend on the predicted profits, the location and the support of the corporation at large. A very profitable franchise, such as a large, well-known hardware store, may cost upwards of several hundreds of ...

As its name implies, CSST manufactures, distributes, and installs security and surveillance products in the People's Republic of China. Now that you know something about CSST, you may be chomping at the bit to profit from China's "big ...

SARA LEE HAS BEEN divesting some of its noncore businesses over the past year, trying to focus on successful food products like deli meats and coffee. The moves are making the cheesecake-maker a leaner, more profitable company.. On Tuesday, the ...

Computer Sciences Corp. said Wednesday its fiscal second-quarter net income declined, hurt by a higher tax rate and a slight revenue decline.. CSC forecast earnings of $5.35 to $5.45 per share for the full fiscal year, above its ...

America's largest companies lately have found it easier to wring out extra profits than to ring up more sales. Altera and its larger rival Xilinx(XLNX:27.37,-0.45,-1.62%) dominate the trade in PLCs, together controlling ...

IBM upped its 2010 earnings outlook after delivering a strong third quarter. For 2010, IBM projected earnings "of at least $11.40. Americas third quarter revenue was $10.2 billion, up 3 percent from a year ago. Global technology services ...

Wedbush Securities . HERE IS OUR EARNINGS preview for diversified media stocks. CBS Corp. (ticker: CBS) (rated at Neutral) will report on Thursday, Nov. 4.. We are raising the price target to $19 from $17 on better advertising outlook, driven by ...

When an individual asks the question, what is this stock worth, he/she is often asking the equivalent question, how would a stock broker value this stock, and is it worth the price its trading at? For instance, most working ...

Biogen Idec, LDK Solar Co., Hartford Financial Services, and Motorola, Inc.. Biogen Idec Inc. (BIIB) outlined the details this morning of a broad-based restructuring plan, which calls for the company to trim 13% of its head count, merge some of ...

Don't pass up buying a stock just because its price has soared in recent months. According to Roth Capital Partners, an investment bank, retailers say I&J is one of their fastest-growing categories, and the industry is highly fragmented ...

Idex Corp., which manufactures the Jaws of Life rescue equipment and other products, said Monday its third-quarter profit surged 30 percent on higher sales.. For the month that ended Sept. 30, the manufacturer reported net income of $38.6 million ...

To put Apple's $20 billion in quarterly revenue into perspective, consider that Wall Street is expecting $19 billion in revenue from Microsoft (MSFT) in the seasonally strong December quarter while Google (GOOG) is expecting revenue of $21.6 billion ...

IBM upped its 2010 earnings outlook after delivering a strong third quarter. For 2010, IBM projected earnings "of at least $11.40. Americas third quarter revenue was $10.2 billion, up 3 percent from a year ago. Global technology services ...

Further market share gains for Roche Diagnostics; Group confirms full-year outlook. Group sales increase 2% in local currencies (-1% in Swiss francs; 3% in US dollars) to 36.1 billion Swiss francs in first nine months of 2010. Excluding Tamiflu ...

Here, let?s see if Definitions of VariablesObviously, name, effective dates, andthe Risk ID have been removed, but this is an illustration of all the data onthe cover sheet. I will elaborate on ERA at the bottom of thisall claims ...

_ Banner Corp. ( BANR - news - people ) said that it expects that hefty one-time items will lead to a third-quarter net loss between $43 million and $45 million. _ Business software maker Epicor Software Corp. ( EPIC - news - people ) raised its third-quarter ...

Eugene Melnyk comments on decision issued yesterday in the Biovail Corporation (nyse/tsx:BVF) case by the Ontario Securities Commission: . "The Commission's decision relates primarily to an earnings warning issued by Biovail in October 2003. I am pleased that ...

The article offers news briefs related to horticultural service industry in Great Britain. Wolf-Garten, a German garden kit maker, has filed for bankruptcy. A study conducted by the Medical University of Vienna showed that as little as 30 minutes a ...

Shares of Corrections Corporation of America (CXW) rose as high as $23.96 earlier Tuesday, marking the highest intraday price since mid-January, reports Bloomberg. SmarTrend is bullish on shares of Corrections of America and our subscribers were alerted to buy ...

The New York Times Co. says it will post a loss from continuing operations in the third quarter on a revenue decline of about 2 to 3 percent. The company says higher digital advertising revenue again won't be enough ...

For U.S. corporations, the new way to grow is to shrink.. Among S&P 500 companies, more than three-quarters beat earnings forecasts in their most recent quarterly report. Either way, Cummins can afford to boost its dividend more than ...

Australian shares were higher midway through the session Tuesday, led by banks and Woolworths Ltd following the leading retailer's strong first-quarter sales report.. But BHP Billiton was weaker following its first-quarter report which showed costs had blown out at ...

When reading about or researching company performance, you often will be reflecting on earnings calculations - but do these numbers make any sense to you? If this P/E ratio is then divided by expected earnings growth going forward, the result ...

Inverness Medical Innovations fell hard Tuesday after the company lowered its earnings outlook for the year.. On Tuesday Inverness Medical Innovations ( IMA - news - people )lowered its full-year earnings outlook to $2.60 per share, from $2.90 per share, citing ...

Personal care products maker Nu Skin Enterprises Inc. beat out Wall Street's estimates and posted a quarterly profit with higher margin and strong performance in all of its markets, raising its earnings outlook for 2010.. According to Thomson Reuters ...

Symantec's (SYMC) fiscal first quarter revenue fell short of expectations and the company cut its outlook for the next quarter due to " Wall Street was expecting earnings of 35 cents a share on revenue of $1.46 billion.. Meanwhile ...

One very high-quality stock that's been catching my eye lately is Eaton Corp. (ETN) of Cleveland, OH. Like a lot of good companies, Eaton is fairly dull. That pretty much describes what happened last year after Eaton's sales ...

EMC delivered a better-than-expected second quarter on Wednesday and raised its outlook amid strong demand for storage as data centers are upgraded. EMC expects IT spending to be up 3 percent to 5 percent in 2010.. Non-GAAP earnings for the ...

Yahoo (YHOO) is expected to report Q2 earnings after the market close on Tuesday, July 20, with a conference call scheduled for 5:00 pm ET.. Jefferies believes that strong Display results and less weak Search operations should allow Yahoo ...

Shares of tool-maker Black & Decker (NYSE:BDK) saw more than a quarter's worth of value evaporate, as shareholders headed for the exits upon the company's disclosure of a 20% drop in projected net sales for the first quarter ...

Shares of Harley Davidson are more than 60% off their 52-week high, and the company recently released some disappointing news regarding shipment expectations. For example, JP Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) turned in better-than-expected earnings results on Thursday, and many in ...

Back when the economy was humming along and consumers spent freely, big-box retailer Target (NYSE:TGT) was commended for a focus on affordable fashion in apparel and housewares. " This was in stark contrast to Sears (Nasdaq:SHLD), which continues to ...

When looking for a new franchise in the UK you will want to know how much money you are likely to make when you in invest in a particular franchise ...

Understanding how stock market price rises and falls is similar to understanding the prices of other products in the market. It also follows the law of supply and demand. Price ...

Fast food giant McDonald's (MCD) is a widely respected company. But analysts at Bernstein Research are cooling a bit on the stock. In a note...

Jeffery Bernstein, restaurant analyst at Barclays Capital, just raised his price target for Starbucks, predicting 2012 will yield "grande results"...

The Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P 500 index fell after the government reported that economic growth was slower at the end of last year ...

0 create a portfolio now:. XAddMead Johnson Nutrition Co. (MJN) XAddS&P 500 Index (SPX) Add . Create Portfolio or Cancel Already have a portfolio ...

American Electric (AEP) was downgraded today by Deutsche Bank (DB) from buy to hold with a $41 price target, due to an uncertain earnings...

Fri Jan 27, 2012 3:45pm GMT . . Equities look more attractive than bonds in 2012, helped by still strong corporate balance sheets, favourable...

Reuters)-Chubb Corp. reported a smaller profit for the fourth quarter on higher catastrophe losses and lower investment income, and the property...

Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) is expected to report first quarter earnings after the market close on Thursday with a conference call scheduled for 5:00...

Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) is expected to report Q4 earnings after the market close on Wednesday with a conference call scheduled for 6:00 pm...

Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) is expected to report Q1 earnings before the market open on Wednesday.According to First Call, analysts are looking...