Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:
- Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) Q1 profit edged past expectations despite lower sales of Humira.
- AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR) posted a smaller-than-expected Q1 loss, sending shares sharply higher.
- Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) reported better-than-expected Q1 earnings, sending share higher.
- BP (NYSE: BP) and other oil companies were downgraded due to higher environmental costs.
- Charles Schwab Corp. (NASDAQ: SCHW) Q1 earnings declined but still topped analysts' expectations.
- Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) said Q1 earnings would be lower due to a weaker dollar and lower oil prices.
- Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) shares rose after it reported better-than-expected Q1 earnings.
- ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) and other oil companies were downgraded on higher environmental costs.
- CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) sales and net income fell in Q1 but still topped analysts' expectations.
- General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) Q1 revenue and earnings declined due to economic conditions.
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) reported a larger-than-expected quarterly profit and a stock offering.
- Google Inc. (NYSE: GOOG) earnings topped analysts' estimates but sales fell from the previous quarter.
- Harley-Davidson Inc. (NYSE: HOG) posted another weak quarter on lower sales and one-time charges.
- Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) upside surprise for Q1 was offset by a lack of specific revenue guidance.
- Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) posted better-than-expected Q1 earnings and affirmed its guidance.
- JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) net income tumbled on charges but it topped Wall Street estimates.
- Mattel Inc. (NYSE: MAT) deepened its Q1 loss, which was in line with analysts' expectations.
- Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A) lowered its guidance, which resulted in an analyst's downgrade.
- Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) reported that its Q1 earnings plunged but were in line with low expectations.
- Regions Financial Corp. (NYSE: RF) said it expects a Q1 profit, whereas analysts expected a loss.
- Talbots Inc. (NYSE: TLB) bigger-than-expected net loss for Q4 widened as same-store sales declined.
- W.W. Grainger Inc. (NYSE: GWW) Q1 earnings topped Wall Street estimates, sending shares higher.
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Upcoming earnings releases include Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY), Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) , Hasbro (NYSE: HAS), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD), Capital One (NYSE: COF), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), New York Times (NYSE: NYT), Coach (NYSE: COH), DuPont (NYSE: DD), Merck (NYSE: MRK), United Technologies (NYSE: UTX), Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB), eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), McDonald's (NYSE: MCD), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), Boeing (NYSE: BA).
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