Shares of toy maker Hasbro Inc. (HAS) rose in early morning trading after the toy maker posted better-than-expected earnings for its fourth quarter before the market opened.

Going into the earnings report, analysts had been expecting to see Hasbro report earnings of $0.92 per share, but actual earnings came in at $0.99. Earnings were down though from $1.09 during the same period last year.

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There's a new industry in the making. It's in the way we buy and read books. Electronic books, or e-books, are taking the book market by storm. Here's a mind blowing statistic. Barnes & Noble (BKS) announced that in December its e-book sales exceeded print books, as reported in MSNMoney.

The two big leaders in the e-book market are Amazon.com (AMZN) and Barnes & Noble with the Kindle and Nook readers respectively. Both companies said that e-readers are their best-selling product of all time.

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E-book Sales Expected to Quadruple originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sun, 06 Feb 2011 09:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Shares of online retailer eBay Corp. (EBAY) traded sharply higher in after-hours trading following a stronger-than-expected fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report this afternoon.

The company reported earnings of 52 cents per share, beating the 47 cents that analysts had been expecting to see. During the same period last year the company had earnings of 44 cents.

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Continue reading Adobe Trades Lower Despite Announcing Record Revenues

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Shares of the world's largest soft drink maker, Coca-Cola Company (KO), are trading lower this morning, despite better-than-expected earnings for the company's first quarter.

Analysts had forecast earnings of 74 cents per share, and the company outpaced estimates with reported earnings of 80 cents per share, excluding special items. The company reported earnings of 64 cents per share during the same period last year.

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Continue reading Tiffany Quadruples Earnings But Misses Analyst Estimates

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Continue reading Nike Jumps Following Strong Earnings Report

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Johnson & Johnson

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Continue reading Accenture falls on weak fourth quarter earnings

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Continue reading Masco (MAS) misses estimates and announces dividend cut

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For many small business owners, the main focus is on survival -- not growing the business. And, with the freezing of the credit markets and the slowing economy, the sentiment is certainly warranted. Hey, even companies like Google, Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) are cutting back.

So, what are some key survival skills? Let's take a look:

Get Paid: It's never fun to call customers who are behind on their invoices and ask for them to pay up. But it's a necessary skill if you want to survive the recession.

Thus, you need to be proactive (for more help on this, you can check out a recent column I've done on this topic).

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Entrepreneur's Journal: Survival tips for your business originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Shares of agricultural producer Monsanto (NYSE: MON) are trading in the red today, despite posting better than expected earnings per share for its fiscal third quarter. The main reason why the stock is trading lower is that it was unable to match the revenues that Wall Street was hoping to see.

Heading into today's earnings release, analysts had been hoping to see Monsanto show earnings of $1.34 per share, and the company was able to come in above this, with a reported $1.45 a share for the quarter. A fairly impressive EPS, and a very respectable 42% jump from the same period last year when it reported earnings of $1.02 a share to its investors.

The company stated that the main reason for the jump in earnings was strong sales for herbicides as well as specialty seeds. One of the company's most recognizable names in the herbicide market is Roundup, which it said had a great quarter.

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