Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:
- Activision Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVID) sees strong Q1 results driven by Guitar Hero.
- Allegheny Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ATI) raised its Q2 earnings guidance ahead of its report.
- Cintas Corp. (NASDAQ: CTAS) strong Q4 and full-year results included a record quarterly revenue.
- Citigroup (NYSE: C) posted better-than-expected results despite a big loss on further write-downs.
- eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) reported better-than-expected results and offered a soft outlook (see transcript).
- Fastenal Co. (NASDAQ: FAST) posted strong Q2 earnings despite the housing slump but lower revenues.
- Grainger Inc. (NYSE: GWW) posted strong Q2 results on expansion in Mexico and China.
- Harley-Davidson Inc. (NYSE: HOG) beat Q2 expectations despite profit and revenue declines.
- International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) easily topped Wall Street earnings expectations.
- Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) beat Q2 estimates and raised its full-year forecast (see transcript).
- Kimberly-Clark Corp. (NYSE: KMB) warned of lower Q2 earnings due to energy and distribution costs.
- Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER) reported worse-than-expected Q2 results on further write downs.
- Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) earnings surged but investors were put off by its full-year guidance.
- Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) reaffirmed its guidance following the Kimberly-Clark warnings.
- United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) beat Q2 estimates, lifting shares from a recent 52-week low.
- ValueClick Inc. (NASDAQ: VCLK) posted weak results and warned about the second half of the year.
For more highlights from this week, see: Google, Intel, JPMorgan, Coca-Cola, Nokia and others
The earnings crunch continues next week. Among companies scheduled to report are Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Merck (NYSE: MRK), Texas Intruments (NYSE: TXN), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Halliburton (NYSE: HAL), United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), Wachovia (NYSE: WB), Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Anheuser-Busch (NYSE: BUD), AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), McDonald's (NYSE: MCD), PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP), Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), Boeing (NYSE: BA), Hershey (NYSE: HSY), and Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV).
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