Category Archives: Beziers

Earnings Preview: Viacom’s 4Q seen higher

AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock futures pointed to a weaker open for equities on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500, for the Dow Jones and for the Nasdaq 100 down 0.5 to 0.6 percent.

Ryanair head: Greek tourism will rise with drachma

AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. retailers racked up a record $52.4 billion in sales over the Thanksgiving weekend, a 16.4 percent jump from a year ago, as early hours and attractive promotions brought out more shoppers, an industry trade group said on Sunday. Among the [...]

Insurer Aetna’s 3Q profit slips, outlook rises

AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Aetna Inc.’s third-quarter net income slipped 1 percent on a charge for an early retirement program, but the performance trumped expectations and the health insurer raised its 2011 earnings forecast.The Hartford, Conn., company said Thursday that lower-than-expected use of health care continued [...]

TSX slides as Fed view adds to euro-zone fears

AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian stocks lost all of the previous day’s big gains and more on Wednesday as a pessimistic outlook from the U.S. Federal Reserve, euro zone bailout doubts, and an earnings miss by U.S. tech darling Apple prompted investors to cut risk.The Fed’s [...]

Medtronic beats estimates on higher 2Q sales

AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota WASHINGTON (AP) — Medtronic Inc., the world’s largest medical device maker, reported higher-than-expected earnings Tuesday as sales of newer devices helped make up for an ongoing slump in its best-selling heart and spine implants.For more than a year Medtronic has reported weaker sales of its [...]

Earnings preview: Whirlpool’s 3rd quarter

AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Analysts will be watching for news on pricing and costs when appliance maker Whirlpool Corp. reports third-quarter earnings before the market opens Friday.WHAT TO WATCH FOR: The company, whose brands include Maytag, KitchenAid and its namesake, has faced soft demand [...]

Sasol says sees H1 earnings to end Dec up sharply

AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. retailers racked up a record $52.4 billion in sales over the Thanksgiving weekend, a 16.4 percent jump from a year ago, as early hours and attractive promotions brought out more shoppers, an industry trade group said on Sunday. Among the [...]

Webster Financial 3Q profit more than doubles

AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Webster Financial Corp. on Friday said its third-quarter earnings more than doubled from the same quarter a year ago, topping Wall Street expectations, as the bank holding company set aside less cash to cover loan losses due to improving credit trends.For [...]

Forbes Earnings Preview: Tiffany

AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota Wall Street is high on Tiffany (TIF), expecting it to report earnings that are up 28.3% from a year ago when it reports its third quarter earnings on Tuesday, November 29, 2011. The consensus estimate is 59 cents per share, up from earnings of 46 [...]

Sweden’s SAS records Q3 profit on lower costs

AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock futures pointed to a weaker open for equities on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500, for the Dow Jones and for the Nasdaq 100 down 0.5 to 0.6 percent.