The earnings crunch is in full swing, and here are a few of the highlights of this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:

• Allegheny Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ATI) posted lower fourth-quarter profits but record full-year sales.
• Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) posted strong results and offered bullish guidance (see transcript).
• Concur Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: CNQR) revenue soared and it offered revised guidance.
• Countrywide Financial Corp. (NYSE: CFC) posted a bigger-than-expected loss for the fourth-quarter.
• Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) beat earnings expectations but fell short of revenue estimates.
• EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) beat estimates but shares were dragged down by VMware results.
• Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) shocked investors and missed earnings expectations (see transcript).
• Intuitive Surgical Inc. (NASDAQ: ISRG) beat estimates as revenue soared.
• Lazard Ltd. (NYSE: LAZ) sidestepped the subprime mess and fourth-quarter earnings soared.
• MBIA Inc. (NYSE: MBI) reported a $2.3 million loss due to mortgage write downs.
• Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK) posted a $1.6 million loss and lowered its full-year guidance.
• Monster Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: MNST) posted strong results despite weakness in North America.
• ScanSource Inc. (NASDAQ: SCSC) beat earnings estimates but matched revenue forecasts.
• Somanetics Corp. (NASDAQ: SMTS) beat estimates and offered revised guidance.
• Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) beat expectations on revenue growth from overseas.
• UBS (NYSE: UBS) reported a record loss for the fourth quarter due to the subprime crisis.
• VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW) missed revenue forecasts, sending shares tumbling.
• Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) posted unimpressive results, but beat earnings expectations (see transcript).

For additional BloggingStocks earnings highlights, see Exxon, Boeing, Halliburton, Sony, UPS, Honda, and others and McDonald's, Kraft, P&G, Verizon, MasterCard, 3M, and others.

Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN)
Fourth Quarter 2007 Financial Results Conference Call
Wednesday, January 30, 2008, 5:00 PM ET

Corporate Participants

Tom Szkutak, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Jeffrey P. Bezos, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

Management Summary

Operator

Good day, everyone, and welcome to the Amazon.com Fourth Quarter 2007 Financial Results teleconference. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the presentation, we will conduct a question and answer session. Today's call is being recorded. For opening remarks, I will be turning the conference over to the Vice President of Investor Relations, Mr. Rob Eldridge [ph]. Please go ahead, sir.

Company Representative

Hello, and welcome to our Q4 '07 financial results conference call. Joining us today is Tom Szkutak, our CFO. Jeff Bezos, our Founder and CEO and Tom will both be available for Q&A.

The following discussion and responses to your questions reflect management's views as of today, January 30, 2008 only, and will include forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially. Additional information about factors that could potentially impact our financial results is included in today's press release and our filings with the SEC, including our 2006 annual report on Form 10-K. As you listen to today's call, we encourage you to have our press release in front of you, which includes our financial results as well as metrics and commentary on the quarter. During this call, we will discuss certain non-GAAP financial measures, in our press release, slides accompanying this web cast and our filings with the SEC, each of which is posted on our IR website. You will find additional disclosures regarding these non-GAAP measures, including reconciliations of these measures with comparable GAAP measures. Finally, unless otherwise stated, all comparisons in this call will be against our results for the comparable period of 2006. Now, I will turn the call over to Tom.

Here are a few more highlights of this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:

• Charles Schwab Corp. (NASDAQ: SCHW) missed earnings estimates but beat revenue expectations.
• Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) posted a bigger than expected loss, due to subprime-related write-downs.
• General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) reported a solid fourth quarter, bringing a hint of optimism to Wall Street.
• JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) missed estimates due to consumer lending issues.
• Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER) posted a bigger than expected loss due to large write-downs.
• Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE: SLB) missed expectations due to market conditions and weather factors.
• Sears Holding (NASDAQ: SHLD) lowered its fourth quarter outlook on weak holiday sales.
• State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT) beat expectations, after a subprime-related charge is excluded.
• TD Ameritrade Corp. (NASDAQ: AMTD) net income rose sharply on increased trading activity.
• US Bancorp (NYSE: USB) missed earnings estimates, but is "well capitalized" according to the CEO.
• Washington Mutual Inc. (NYSE: WM) swung to a loss due to the credit crunch, as it had warned.
• Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) reported its lowest quarterly profit in years, as analysts had expected.

See additional earnings highlights. Also, Jim Cramer ponders the ennui of the new earnings season. Peter Cohan mulls whether this will be the worst earnings period for the lending industry since the Great Depression.

Upcoming results to watch for include Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE), Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F), Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV), AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), and Harley-Davidson Inc. (NYSE: HOG).

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Here are a few highlights of this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:

• Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) had a lackluster quarter due in part to the acquistion of ATI.
• AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR) posted a larger than expected loss due to rising fuel costs.
• Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares are hunkered down post-MacWorld but ahead of the Q1 report.
• Genentech Inc. (NYSE: DNA) beat earnings estimates, though its growth is slowing.
• General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM) forecasts earnings growth on cost-cutting and overseas sales.
• IBM (NYSE: IBM) had an impressive fourth quarter and expects a good 2008 (see transcript).
• Intel Corp.'s (NASDAQ: INTC) solid results failed to impress investors (see transcript).
• Johnson Controls Inc. (NYSE: JCI) posted a solid first quarter, with growth in all divisions.
• New Oriental Educational & Technology Group Inc. (NYSE: EDU) posted disappointing results.
• Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS) profits fell on restructuring costs and increased competition for generics.
• Sony Ericsson beat estimates and is gaining market share in the global cell phone market.
• TJX Companies Inc. (NYSE: TJX) revised its fourth quarter outlook after strong December sales.
• Vignette Corp. (NASDAQ: VIGN) raised its fourth quarter revenue guidance, which buoyed shares.
• Williams-Sonoma Inc. (NYSE: WSM) lowered its guidance on weak holiday sales.

See additional earnings highlights. Also, Jim Cramer ponders the ennui of the new earnings season. Georges Yared is bullish on tech stocks, and big tech executives are bullish as well. Jonathan Berr looks ahead to upcoming big tech reports.

Other upcoming results to watch for include Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN), eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY), Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT), Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), E*Trade Corp. (NASDAQ: ETFN), and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT).

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