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Amazon Fourth Quarter EarningsShares of e-commerce giant Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) are trading lower in after hours trading despite posting better than expected earnings this afternoon for its fourth quarter.

Going into this afternoon's earnings release, analysts were expecting to see Amazon show earnings of 72 cents per share, on revenues of $9.04 billion in revenues.

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Starbucks Earnings ReportShares of Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) are trading up in after hours trading today after the company posted strong Q4 earnings numbers after the market close.

As we noted in our earnings preview, the company was expected to show earnings for the quarter of 21 cents per share on $2.39 billion in revenues. The actual numbers came in at 24 cents per share with revenues of $2.4 billion.

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nike first quarter earningsThis afternoon, Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) reported its fiscal first quarter numbers, and the company was able to put up better than expected earnings numbers, but revenues came in slightly under expectations.

As we noted in our earnings preview yesterday, analysts had been expecting to see the company show earnings of 97 cents per share, and the actual earnings figure was a bit higher at $1.04 per share. For the same period last year the company showed earnings of $1.03 per share.

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july 2009 new home salesJuly was a good month for new home sales, which saw an increase of 9.6 percent during the month.

Before we look at the good news, let's cover the bad news first. Even with the jump in sales in July, new home sales are still well below their peak four years ago. In fact, new home sales are 69 percent below their peaks when the housing market was at its best.

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Hasbro second quarter earningsGame and toy maker Hasbro (NYSE: HAS) had its chance to impress Wall Street with its second quarter results Monday morning, and the company indeed did not disappoint, posting stronger than expected earnings.

Spurred by strong sales of G.I. Joe and Transformers toys, the company reported a 5% jump in profit with earnings of 26 cents per share. Going into today's earnings report analysts had expected earnings of just 23 cents per share.

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Share of insurance company Progressive (NYSE: PGR) are moving higher this morning following better-than-expected numbers for its second quarter.

Going into this mornings earnings announcement analysts had been looking to see the nation's fourth largest insurer post earnings of 36 cents per share, but the company surprised to the upside with an actual 37 cents a share for its most recent quarter.

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Early this morning, Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: WYN) released its quarterly earnings, handily surpassing the Street's expectations thanks to a rise in first-quarter results. The hotelier announced first-quarter earnings of 25 cents per share, a penny better than a year ago. However, taking restructuring charges out of the equation, WYN would have earned 41 cents per share, far better than the expected 36 cents per share. These results are in stark contrast to a loss in the previous quarter, thanks to the realignment of the company's vacation ownership business and other cost-cutting measures. Quarterly revenue fell to $901 million.

Looking ahead, WYN forecast adjusted second-quarter earnings of 36 cents to 41 cents per share and $1.61 to $1.85 per share for full fiscal 2009.

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If less bad news is good news than Ford Motors Co. (NYSE: F) delivered that today. Early this morning, Ford's earnings report revealed better than expected numbers, albeit another loss. Ford lost $1.4 billion in the first quarter, but it burned through less money.

Analysts expected a loss of $1.23 per share, and were positively surprised when the Detroit automaker said it lost, excluding special items such as gains from the company's debt restructuring, 75 cents per share.

The stock closed yesterday at $4.28 but is moving up over 20%, getting a jump on the market in early trading.

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Johnson & Johnson first quarter earningsHealth Care giant Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) had its chance to impress Wall Street this morning with its first quarter earnings release, and the company indeed put up better than expected results, pushing shares higher in the premarket.

Analysts had been expecting the company to earn of $1.22 per share, but the company surpassed those estimates, with a reported $1.26 per share for its first quarter. First quarter earnings were also on par with the $1.22 it reported during the first quarter of 2008.

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rising oil pricesAs investors start to believe that the worst of the current recession is already behind us, they are turning their attention to oil, and today have pushed the precious crude over the psychological $50 mark.

Oil is moving higher today with the overall markets, as Wall Street has been seeing hints that things are starting to turn around. Part of the reason for the optimism has come in the form of strong earnings this week from Ruby Tuesday (NYSE: RT) and Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY). If restaurants and retailers are seeing things start to rebound, its a good sign for the overall economy, and a sign that people are out there driving their cars around, which helps boost oil prices.

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Family Dollar Second Quarter EarningsShares of thrift retailer Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO) have been trading strongly higher this morning after the company announced strong second quarter earnings this morning.

We mentioned in our earnings preview yesterday that analysts were expecting to see earnings of $0.60 per share, and that is exactly what Family Dollar delivered.

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Research in Motion Quarterly EarningsShareholders of Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) are certainly having a good afternoon, as the stock has surged over 20% in after hours trading following stronger than expected quarterly earnings.

As Latif Lewis pointed out in this earnings preview, RIMM was expected to show earnings of 84 cents per share for its fiscal fourth quarter. This afternoon, the company shattered those estimates by posting earnings during the quarter of 90 cents per share.

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Coca-Cola fourth quarter 2009 earningsAtlanta based soft drink giant Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) got its chance to impress investor's this morning with its fourth quarter earnings, and it did not disappoint. While the company did see profit falling by 18% in the quarter, its bottom line was better than analysts had predicted.

As Steven Mallas noted in his Coca-Cola earnings preview yesterday, analysts had been expecting to see 61 cents per share for the quarter, but the actual number was a bit higher, with a reported 64 cents a share.

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The troubled housing market got a bit of good news today, as the National Association of Realtors stated that pending home sales rose during the month of December.

According to today's report, pending home sales increased by 6.3% in December, coming off an all-time low that it set in November. The news comes as potential home buyers are starting to show interest in deeply-discounted homes.

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Come fly with me to Club Mediterranee. With all the bad news filling up the major newspapers, television and the internet its time to take a break, forget your troubles, enjoy yourself and just have fun.

That is what is going on at Club Mediterranee, which just posted a $2.6 million dollar profit from a year earlier. Sales rose 5.7%. Some of the gains were partly due to the sale of assets. Club Mediterranee selling 80% of its gym business.

So with so much of the world losing sales and business what is Club Mediterranee doing to stay ahead of the curve? Go upscale and attract wealthier clients. Is it working? Judging from the result the answer is: Yes. Revenue per available bed, which is a measure of profitability, rose 7.5% from the previous year and the group brought in 61,000 extra clients to its five-star hotels.

So why not turn off your cell phone and your computer and meet me in Cancun?

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Going into this afternoon's earnings announcement, analysts had been expecting the company to earn $1.11 a share, but the company shattered that estimate with a reported $1.26 per share, accompanied with a revenue jump of 27% to $7.9 billion.

Most of the attention that Apple has received over the past six months has surrounded its upgraded iPhone, the iPhone 3G. During the quarter, iPhone shipments shot through the roof, rising six times to 6.9 million units.

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Semiconductor giant Intel Corp (NASDAQ: INTC) reported strong third quarter earnings after the market close today, sending shares up nicely in after-hours trading.

Going into this afternoon's earnings announcement, analysts had been expecting to see the chip maker show earnings of 34 cents per share, but the company was able to top analyst estimates by a penny, with a reported 35 cents per share.

The 35 cents that the company showed for its third quarter is not only impressive because it was above analyst estimates, but also because of how much stronger it was on a year over year basis. During the same period last year, the company had earnings of 30 cents per share.

A lot of attention in the market lately has been focused on the credit crunch and subsequent economic slowdown, and many investors have been left wondering if the overall slowdown had also impacted technology. Today's report should calm some of those concerns, but Intel did warn that it could see slowdown in demand in the fourth quarter.

The company stated that a big reason for the better-than-expected numbers were a result of improved gross margins. During its most recent quarter, the company had a gross margin of 58.9%, compared with 51.2% during the same period last year.

All in all, a great quarter for the company, and traders are rewarding the stock in after-hours trading, pushing shares up 4.5% after the news was released.

Michael Fowlkes has worked as a stock trader for seven years and spent the last four years working as an analyst for the online investment advisory service Investor's Observer.

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Many people are questioning why they should be in the stock market at all, now or ever. One person even asked me to show him a single stock that has had anything positive to show for itself in the last ten years.

How about something positive over the entire ten years, or at least eight. Given I have made many sour picks this year I was proud to reveal one of my best picks ever and perhaps a good place to hide if you can get in on a dip. I first mentioned it in Scary market -- any safe stocks? about fourteen months ago when the market first took a dump.

My star attraction is the Southern Company (NYSE: SO) and the following is the chart. It has been a consistent performer and paid a dividend to boot which currently stands at 4.38%. As you can see this stock would have allowed you to double your money when the Standard & Poors 500 Index is actually down.

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Here is what I said back then:

  • Southern Company (SO) has been the biggest addition to our family holdings. It is now in at least seven portfolios and I have sold naked puts for November 30's. I AM NOT RECOMMENDING ANYBODY SELL NAKED PUTS. Selling naked puts is very risky and as they say..."don't try this at home folks." I like Southern because it is near a 52-week low, but has had five years of continuous growth. It pays a huge dividend, as utilities traditionally do, and it is located in a part of the country that has relatively low wages, cheap land, good weather, a favorable tax environment and it has seen tremendous growth in the past two decades, which I believe is very likely to continue.
I recommended it again last month in a follow up story Serious Money: 5 more stocks better than CDs -- NUE, PDS, SO, WFC, XEL.

'SO' there is good news to report even in a crappy market. Put this on your watch list. If the next ten years turn out to be as bleak as some fear they might, the dividend alone will provide you with some much needed shade from the heat.

Sheldon Liber is the CEO of a small private investment company and the principal for design and research at an architecture & planning firm. He writes the columns Chasing Value and Serious Money. Disclosure: I own shares of SO.

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Shipping giant FedEx (NYSE: FDX) reported its fiscal first quarter 2009, posting EPS of $1.23 a share, a 22% drop year-over-year.

The two main reasons for the 22% hit to its quarterly profit are high fuel costs and a slowing U.S. economy, which resulted in a lower demand for the company's express deliveries. Revenues were actually up 8.4% to $9.97 billion.

While it would be premature to say that market conditions are improving for the company, FedEx believes that it is doing everything it needs to do in order to compete and succeed in this current environment. According to the company's CEO, Fred Smith, "FedEx is taking strong, proactive actions to manage through this difficult cycle.''

One method of offsetting rising fuel costs will be implemented in January 2009, when the company will be raising its rates by an average of 6.9% for U.S. and U.S. export services.

Looking ahead, the company raised its second quarter outlook to between $1.40 and $1.40, higher than the $1.35 that analysts consensus, and raised its full year 2009 guidance to between $4.75 and $5.25, versus the consensus of $5.18.

The market is reacting somewhat positively to this mornings report as the stock is up slightly in in pre-market trading.

Michael Fowlkes has worked as a stock trader for seven years and spent the last four years working as an analyst for the online investment advisory service Investor's Observer.

FedEx (FDX) earnings matches analyst estimates originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Shares of electronics retailer RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) are soaring this morning after the company shattered its estimates for its second quarter numbers.

Going into this morning's earnings announcement, analysts had been expecting to see the company show earnings of 26 cents per share, but the company shocked everyone by coming in well above those estimates, with a reported 35 cents per share for the quarter. Wall Street is rewarding the stock nicely this morning, pushing shares up over 14% in early morning trading.(See more of today's earnings news).

While the company was able to show a nice increase in sales, it did caution investors that the current economic condition is challenging, and that it expects this to remain the case for the foreseeable future. It has been tough for RadioShack recently to compete with stronger rivals such as Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), but the company showed good signs of life during the quarter by posting a 6.4% increase in sales. This is a very good sign for the company, which has been struggling the past several quarters.

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