Earnings highlights: Dell, Sears, Costco, Heinz, Tiffany, Borders, DSW and others

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

Big Lots Inc. (NYSE: BIG) Q1 earnings rose 20%, driven by cash-strapped bargain hunters.
Borders Group Inc. (NYSE: BGP) narrowed its loss in the first quarter though same-store sales fell.
Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST) Q3 profits climbed 32%, beating analysts' estimates.
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) posted solid Q1 results that beat analysts' expectations (see the transcript).
DSW Inc. (NYSE: DSW) Q1 earnings declined, hurt by weak same-store sales.
H.J. Heinz Co. (NYSE: HNZ) better-than-expected Q4 results sent the stock to a 52-week high.
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: IART) beat Q4 estimates and offered Q1 guidance.
J. Crew Group Inc. (NYSE: JCG) lowered its full-year forecast, leading to analyst downgrades.
Joy Global Inc. (NASDAQ: JOYG) Q2 results beat expectations, and it raised its full-year guidance.
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (NYSE: LGF) posted record Q4 revenues but a bigger-than-expected loss.
Marvell Technology Group (NASDAQ: MRVL) Q1 profits beat estimates and led to analyst upgrades.
Medtronic Inc. (NYSE: MDT) beat Q4 estimates and offered full-year guidance.
Novell Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) swung to a profit that was in line with analysts estimates.
Salesforce.com Inc. (NYSE: CRM) Q1 revenues surged on new customers and demand in Asia.

Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) swung to a Q1 loss as same-store sales declined.
Semtech Corp. (NASDAQ: SMTC) beat Q1 expectations with record revenues and raises its outlook.
Shoe Carnival Inc. (NASDAQ: SCVL) Q1 profit fell due to softer-than-expected seasonal sales.
Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) easily beat Q1 expectations and raised its full-year guidance.
TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO) Q1 earnings quadrupled, but it expects a loss in the current quarter.

Also earnings of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX), and 400 other companies were affected by write downs of auction-rate securities.

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