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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of October 21: The Crunch Is On
Sunday, October 20, 2013 - 12:33pm | 1387Read More...Lots of quarterly reports are on deck this week, to go along with all the delayed economic data expected to be released. Analysts and investors should have plenty to mull over. Earnings highlights will include reports from AT&T, McDonald's, Microsoft and Netflix, which are all expected to post...
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Are We Bidding Farewell to Paid Mobile Apps?
Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 1:34pm | 571Read More...According to Flurry Analytics, the percentage of paid apps on the App Store fell from 20 percent in 2011 to 10 percent in 2013. That’s a 10 percent drop in two years, and the trend is likely to continue. In general, Flurry said, people seemed to want free content even if it meant putting up...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of July 22 (AAPL, GM, MCD, NFLX)
Monday, July 22, 2013 - 7:29am | 1274Read More...The earnings crunch continues this week. Reports are due from the likes of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and General Motors (NYSE: GM), which are expected to say their earnings were lower than a year ago. On the other hand, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Ford (...
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The Top 10 Shorted Stocks for February
Friday, March 15, 2013 - 9:41am | 641Read More...The results are in. Here are the top 10 shorted stocks for the month of February. Short interest is represented as a percentage of float. If you thought a market that doesn’t want to fall would cause the shorts to pile in as they wait for the pullback, there is no evidence of that just yet....
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Companies That Will Stand Out at the 2013 Toy Fair
Monday, February 11, 2013 - 8:31am | 579Read More...The 111th annual Toy Fair Week is underway in New York, as scheduled, even as residents dig out from under the massive snowstorm that hit the Northeast over the weekend. Toy executives from around the world are gathered in New York City for this annual premiere of new toys for buyers, sellers,...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of February 4
Sunday, February 3, 2013 - 5:13pm | 1026Read More...The S&P ended last week above 1,500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 14,000. Some strong earnings reports could push the markets higher, and there are plenty of quarterly reports on the schedule this week. Analysts by and large expect to see year-over-year earnings per share (EPS)...
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Will Hungry Hungry Hippos Save Zynga?
Monday, October 1, 2012 - 4:12pm | 490Read More...Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) and Hasbro (NYSE: HAS) have teamed up to turn FarmVille, Draw Something and other popular online gaming franchises into physical toys. Is this a brilliant business plan or another desperate attempt at survival? Historically, Zynga has not been brilliant. The company has...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of July 23
Monday, July 23, 2012 - 7:07am | 1226Read More...The earnings crunch rolls on. Analysts are looking for strong earnings growth in this week's quarterly reports from Apple, Caterpillar, Starbucks and Visa. But ConocoPhillips, Ford and Netflix are among those expected to post significantly lower per-share earnings, compared to the same period of a...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of April 23 (AAPL, XOM, UPS)
Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 11:23am | 1026Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) seems to be in a sphere all by itself these days, and its fiscal second-quarter results no doubt will be the highlight of the earnings reports due this week. However, others also on tap this week to share their results for the most recent quarter include Amazon.com (NASDAQ:...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of February 6
Sunday, February 5, 2012 - 6:39pm | 1330Read More...There will be plenty more quarterly reports this week for analysts and traders to peruse. On the schedule are Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS), PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), Visa (NYSE: V), Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM) and Yum! Brands (NYSE:...
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IBM, Mastercard, Nike and Four Other Stocks Worth a Look Now
Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 8:05am | 914Read More...The following dividend-paying companies offer attractive returns on equity and are expected to have strong earnings per share growth over the next five years. Their stocks are also trading in the ballpark of their 52-week highs. Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL): The New York-based cosmetics company...
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Toys for Tots May Get a $2 Million Boost
Friday, November 18, 2011 - 1:23pm | 333Read More...Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS), Toys ‘R' Us, and others are teaming with LivingSocial to double your donations. See? I told you the daily deals site would do anything to get in the news. At least today's announcement is for a good cause and not simply another excuse to send out a press release. Starting...
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Is Hasbro a Good Buy or Just Another Investor Play-Thing?
Thursday, November 10, 2011 - 10:44am | 947Read More...Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) announced this week that it believes it should be able to “grow revenues and earnings per share for the full-year 2012 versus 2011.” This is good news for the toy manufacturer, which has been having a bit of a rocky 2011. Over the past six months, Hasbro has been watching its...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of October 17
Sunday, October 16, 2011 - 9:36am | 1322Read More...The earnings season ramps up this week. Tech giants Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) are scheduled to share their third-quarter results, as are big banks including Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS),...
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Mattel Earnings Preview: Solid Results Expected
Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 1:28pm | 662Read More...Mattel (NYSE: MAT), the company behind the Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price and American Girl brands, is scheduled to report its third-quarter 2011 results tomorrow, October 14. The El Segundo, Calif.-based toymaker saw increased options activity this morning, and it remains under the cloud of a...
