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This week, General Mills, Monsanto and Nike will step into the earnings spotlight. All three of these companies are forecast to report earnings growth. Below is a day-by-day rundown of what analysts expect from the week's most prominent quarterly reports. Monday Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL), an...

First quarter earnings begin to trickle in as Alcoa kicks off the new earnings season this week. It will be followed in short order by results from Google, JP Morgan, Wells Fargo and others. Investors looking for signs indicating how first-quarter earnings will shake out may be pleased with the...

Things will be fairly quiet on the earnings front this this week, with only a few S&P 500 components scheduled to post quarterly results: Brown-Forman (NYSE: BF-B), Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB) and Joy Global (NASDAQ: JOYG) are expected to report earnings growth, while SAIC's (NYSE: SAI) earnings...

It was as if investors rubbed on flaxseed oil and took baseball bats to Chinese solar companies. ReneSola (NYSE: SOL) was hit particularly hard and it continues being beaten. On a day when shares of leading Chinese solar companies are rising, ReneSola is hitting a new 52-week low, bettering the 52...

Brean Murray Carret & Company has lowered the price target on LDK Solar (NYSE: LDK) from $20 to $12 and maintains its Buy rating.

Piper Jaffray has lowered the price target on LDK Solar (NYSE: LDK) from $25 to $20 and maintains its Overweight rating.

LDK Solar (NYSE: LDK) is set to report first-quarter fiscal 2011 results late Tuesday, June 7. The question for investors is whether the company can deliver a fourth consecutive quarter of record revenue. They will also be looking for news on the impending investment in LDK by the China Development...

S&P 500 components scheduled to report quarterly results this week include J.M. Smucker (NYSE: SJM), National Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) and Pall Corp. (NYSE: PLL). While analysts on average are expecting strong earnings growth from Pall, the consensus forecast for Smucker is earnings about the...

Piper Jaffray has issued a report raising LDK Solar's (NYSE: LDK) margin guidance. Piper Jaffray writes, "LDK remains our top pick after beating the quarter and raising its margin guidance. 4Q10 revenues and gross margin of $921m and 27.3% resulted in EPS of $1.09. This topped consensus of $877m,...

Brean Murray has raised its PT on shares of LDK Solar (NYSE: LDK) from $18 to $20. LDK Solar closed Thursday at $12.50.

LDK Solar Co. Inc. (NYSE: LDK) announced a follow on offering of 13.8m shares (including overallotment) that “we estimate will be 9% dilutive to our above consensus 2012 EPS estimate of $3.24, resulting in $2.94,” Piper Jaffray reports. “However, discussions with management indicate that LDK is...

HSBC Securities has downgraded LDK Solar Company (NYSE: LDK) from Neutral to Underweight and has also lowered the price target from $8 to $6.20. LDK Solar Company closed yesterday at $10.45.