Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:
- Altera Corp. (NASDAQ: ALTR) beat Q2 estimates, offered guidance, and announced a quarterly dividend.
- Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE: COF) profit tumbled as consumers stopped paying off credit cards.
- Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) mixed Q2 results were boosted by international operations.
- Eaton Corp. (NYSE: ETN) reported strong Q2 numbers but shares still fell afterward.
- Genentech Inc. (NYSE: DNA) did not meet analysts' estimates but lifted its full-year outlook (see transcript).
- Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) posted strong results that fell short of Wall Street expectations.
- Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) better-than-expected Q2 results lifted other tech stocks as well (see transcript).
- JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) posted better-than-expected Q2 results (see transcript).
- Lawson Software Inc. (NASDAQ: LWSN) net income fell due to an auction-rate securities related charge.
- Mattel Inc. (NYSE: MAT) Q2 results topped expectations despite lower profits on weak demand for Barbie.
- Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) posted better-than-estimated Q2 earnings on strong sales growth.
- Overstock.com Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK) fell nearly 30% after reporting earnings for the second quarter.
- Rockwell Collins Inc. (NYSE: COL) posted strong Q3 results due to long-term government contracts.
- Sun Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) preliminary Q1 results sparked an after-market rally.
- Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) beat low earnings expectations and also raised its quarterly dividend.
- Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) beat Q2 expectations due in part to strength overseas, but shares fell.
For more highlights from this week, see: Citigroup, eBay, IBM, Merrill Lynch, Microsoft 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).










