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Bonds Are a 'Safe' Investment: A Big Lie Gets Even BiggerHere are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:
- ADC Telecommunications Inc. (NASDAQ: ADCT) beat Q2 estimates and raised its full-year guidance.
- Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) near-term earnings prospects led to an analyst downgrade.
- Banco de Chile (NYSE: BCH) earnings prospects after an acquisition led to an analyst's upgrade.
- Benihana Inc. (NASDAQ: BNHN) posted lower Q4 profits but still beat earnings estimates.
- Bob Evans Farms Inc. (NASDAQ: BOBE) reported solid Q4 results due in part to cost management.
- Brown-Forman Corp. (NYSE: BF.B) easily beat Q4 estimates and offered full-year guidance.
- CMGI Inc. (NASDAQ: CMGI) lowered its guidance, sending shares tumbling 25%.
- Coca Cola Hellenic Bottling Co. (NYSE: CCH) warned of weaker earnings due to economic conditions.
- Conn's Inc. (NASDAQ: CONN) reported solid Q1 results and issued in-line guidance for the year.
- Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. (NYSE: DKS) earnings prospects impress analysts despite recent guidance.
- Guess? Inc. (NYSE: GES) topped Q1 expectations due to strong international expansion.
- Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. (NYSE: KKD) swung to a Q1 profit despite falling revenues.
- Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LEH) posted a bigger-than-expected loss on further write-downs.
- National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: NSM) beat estimates on cost efficiencies and improved product mix.
- Nortel Networks Corp. (NYSE: NT) reaffirmed its revenue guidance for the full year.
- Pall Corp. (NYSE: PLL) reported strong Q3 results that beat Wall Street expectations.
- Pep Boys (NYSE: PBY) reported that Q1 earnings jumped due to real estate transactions.
- PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP) plans to reiterate its full-year earnings guidance despite market conditions.
- Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) earnings prospects for the second half of 2008 impress one adviser.
- Quality Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) Q4 profits grew 32%, in line with analysts' expectations.
- Shuffle Master Inc. (NASDAQ: SHFL) topped Q2 expectations, sending shares higher.
- Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: SWHC) Q4 profits fell but still beat analysts' estimates.
- Talbots Inc. (NYSE: TLB) reaffirmed its better-than-expected 2008 earnings guidance.
- Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) warned that weak demand for chips could hurt Q2 results.
- UBS (NYSE: UBS) warned "further write-downs may hit earnings" and some assets classes had deteriorated.
Also, Barron's likes the prospects for ethanol producers such as VeraSun Energy Corp. (NYSE: VSE). Kiplinger's includes Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and Dick's Sporting Goods among its Father's Day stock picks. Could rancor over Vista hurt Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) bottom line?
Upcoming results to watch for include Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE), La-Z-Boy (NYSE: LZB), Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), CarMax (NYSE: KMX), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), FedEx (NYSE: FDX), JM Smucker (NYSE: SJM), and Winnebago (NYSE: WGO).
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