Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:

• Acuity Brands Inc. (NYSE: AYI) beat second-quarter estimates on increased productivity and new products.
• Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) cut its outlook and announced job cuts.
• Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) missed first-quarter earnings estimates but beat revenue expectations.
• Circuit City Stores Inc. (NYSE: CC) surprised Wall Street by posting a second-quarter profit.
• Dell Inc.'s (NASDAQ: DELL) rosy 2008 forecast is based on cost cuts, overseas growth, share buybacks.
• DuPont & Co. (NYSE: DD) raised its first-quarter outlook on strength in agriculture and emerging markets.
• Eastman Chemical Co. (NYSE: EMN) raised its first-quarter guidance on strong sales and higher prices.
• EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering (NASDAQ: EXFO) beat estimates and announced an acquisition.
• Foundry Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: FDRY) slashed its first-quarter outlook, blaming the weak economy.
• Genentech Inc. (NYSE: DNA) beat first-quarter earnings estimates, but not revenue expectations.
• General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) missed earnings expectations and lowered its guidance.
• Novellus Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: NVLS) trimmed its first-quarter earnings and revenue forecasts.
• Progressive Corp. (NYSE: PGR) beat estimates though first-quarter profits fell due to lower premiums.
• Rite Aid Corp. (NYSE: RAD) swung to a loss in the fourth quarter on acquisition costs and a tax charge.

• Schawk Inc. (NYSE: SGK) posted mixed results due in part to the Hollywood writers strike.
• Sealy Corp. (NYSE: ZZ) posted better-than-expected first-quarter results on international sales.
• SonoSite Inc. (NASDAQ: SONO) forecast swinging to a first-quarter profit on international growth.
• United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) lowered its first-quarter forecast due to weakness in the U.S. economy.
• WD-40 Co. (NASDAQ: WDFC) missed second-quarter estimates and lowered its outlook.

Also, Jim Cramer takes GE's disappointing results as a reminder that earnings matter. Weak financial performance at Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) hits the CEO in the pocketbook, and analysts don't like the prospects for MGM Mirage (NYSE: MGM) and other casinos. Jonathan Berr looks back at analysts' earnings forecasts in the previous quarter. And here's a look at big banks reporting results next week.

Upcoming results to watch for include Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), IBM (NYSE: IBM), JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM), Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Capital One (NYSE: COF), E*Trade (NASDAQ: ETFC), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Harley Davidson (NYSE: HOG), Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER), Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Schlumbeger (NYSE: SLB), Wachovia (NYSE: WB), and Xerox (NYSE: XRX).

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