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Weekly Link Orgy
2008-03-03 04:53:00 Forgot Peak Oil for a minute - has gasoline use peaked? Warren Buffett speaks to a group of college kids. Google's numbers expressed in a series of graphs. San Francisco Fed symposium on Private... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Link , Weekly
Dell Inc. (DELL)
2008-02-29 16:23:00 Highlights from the Dell Inc. (DELL) Question and Answer session during yesterday's conference call: I wanted to get a feel for what you meant by weakness in financial services and how things are... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Dell Inc
Dell Inc. (DELL)
2008-02-29 15:49:00 Dell Inc. (DELL) reported fourth quarter fiscal year 2008 earnings yesterday. Dell had revenues up 10 percent year-over-year to $16 billion, operating income of $776 million and earnings per share... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Dell , Dell Inc
ENSCO International, Inc. (ESV)
2008-02-28 14:38:00 ENSCO International , Inc. (ESV) reported fourth quarter of fiscal 2007 earnings of $238.6 million or $1.66 per diluted share on revenues of $529.2 million. The average day rate for ENSCO?s jackup... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Toll Brothers (TOL)
2008-02-28 14:32:00 Toll Brothers (TOL) reported first quarter of fiscal 2008 earnings yesterday and held a conference call to announce the results. The company lost $96 million or $0.61 per share diluted, which... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Toll , Toll Brothers
Target Corp. (TGT)
2008-02-26 16:12:00 Target Corp. (TGT) reported earnings today for the fourth quarter ending February 2, 2008. This quarter contains 13 weeks, one less than the comparable quarter in the previous year. Earnings per... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Target
Lowe?s Companies, Inc. (LOW)
2008-02-26 15:34:00 Lowe?s Companies , Inc. (LOW) held a conference call yesterday in conjunction with its fourth quarter results. Lowe's is not as this time revisiting its long term goals of 8% to 11% top line growth... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Lowe
Pool Corporation (POOL)
2008-02-25 17:46:00 Pool Corporation (POOL) is a major provider of pools and its level of business activity should be tied closely to sales of new and existing homes. They do have 50% of revenues from maintenance so... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Pool
Weekly Link Orgy
2008-02-25 14:31:00 What happens when a company stops giving guidance. Time for a technical rally in the Stock Market? And yet more evidence of a bounce in the market? Countrywide gives in and cancels its Ski... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Link , Weekly
Builders FirstSource Inc. (BLDR)
2008-02-22 14:34:00 Builders FirstSource Inc. (BLDR) reported fourth quarter of 2007 earnings and held a conference call. Here are highlights courtesy of Seeking Alpha: Fourth Quarter "We reported sales of $302.3... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Builders
Oceaneering International, Inc. (OII)
2008-02-22 14:24:00 Oceaneering International , Inc. (OII) held a conference call yesterday to announce fourth quarter of 2007 earnings. Here are highlights of the call courtesy of Seeking Alpha: Fourth... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
American Railcar Industries (ARII)
2008-02-22 14:11:00 American Railcar Industries (ARII) held its conference call yesterday to explain fourth quarter 2007 results. Here are highlights courtesy of Seeking Alpha: Fourth Quarter "Revenues were $162... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: American
American Woodmark Corporation (AMWD)
2008-02-21 15:54:00 American Woodmark Corporation (AMWD) made some interesting comments at its conference call yesterday: Macro Comments "As you are all well aware, the period covered by our fiscal third quarter was a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: American
The St. Joe Company (JOE)
2008-02-20 16:15:00 The St. Joe Company (JOE) held a conference call yesterday after reporting earnings for the fourth quarter of 2007: Fourth Quarter "Our results for the fourth quarter and the full year clearly... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Crocs Inc. (CROX)
2008-02-20 16:09:00 Crocs Inc. (CROX) held a conference call last night to discuss fourth quarter 2007 earnings: Fourth Quarter "Our fourth quarter results capped off a very strong year of growth for Crocs as sales... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Crocs
PF Chang?s China Bistro Inc. (PFCB)
2008-02-19 15:31:00 PF Chang ?s China Bistro Inc. (PFCB) held a conference call last week to discuss fourth quarter results. Here are the highlights of the call: Macro Outlook "It goes without saying but the macro... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Rick's Cabaret International Inc. (RICK)
2008-02-19 15:09:00 Rick's Cabaret International Inc. (RICK) held its first quarter of fiscal 2008 conference call on February 12. Here are the highlights: The Quarter "Tootsies was the real star of this quarter even... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Rick
Weekly Link Orgy
2008-02-19 15:06:00 A satirical letter poking fun at William Ackman. A recent conference held by Hudson Institute on the Credit Crunch. One of the funniest things I have read in a long time is the Sub Prime... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Link , Weekly
Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. (PTEN)
2008-02-15 16:42:00 Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. (PTEN) held its conference call yesterday and discussed conditions in the North American land market: Rig Rollovers "At the end of the year, we had 47 rigs working under long-term contracts of varying lengths. Of these term contracts, 12 are said to expire in the first quarter of this year. We do expect our customers to continue to utilize most of these rigs, but More About: Patterson
California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. (CPKI)
2008-02-15 16:25:00 California Pizza Kitchen , Inc. (CPKI) held its fourth quarter conference call to discuss the quarter. Here are the highlights: Current Market Conditions "I’m sure you’re all interested in on what we’re seeing the first quarter so far. I have to tell you it’s been a bit frustrating that I don’t think we have a clear picture of where we are on a steady-state basis. It started with the non-lapping More About: California
Best Buy Co. Inc. (BBY)
2008-02-15 16:17:00 Best Buy Co. Inc. (BBY) announced that it now expects its fiscal 2008 earnings per diluted share to be $3.05 to $3.10 for the fiscal year ending on March 1, 2008. The company previously had provided earnings guidance of $3.10 to $3.20 per share for fiscal 2008. "Our December revenue results were in line with our expectations. Soft domestic customer traffic in January, coupled with our near-term
Liz Claiborne Inc. (LIZ)
2008-02-14 19:30:00 Liz Claiborne Inc. (LIZ) announced that for the year 2007, it expects to report a loss per share of ($0.25) - ($0.35). Excluding charges, LIZ expects diluted EPS for the year 2007 to be in the range of $1.25 - $1.35 compared to previous adjusted diluted EPS guidance of $1.70 - $1.80. The charges include expenses incurred resulting from the Company's previously "announced plans to streamline More About: Liz Claiborne
Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT)
2008-02-13 17:30:00 Highlights from Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT) first quarter of fiscal 2008 conference call (quarter ending 01/27/08): "Looking forward, demand for solar is robust and growing and we are in discussions with many new customers. We are also happy to report that our existing solar customers are talking about repeat orders. Overall, our solar business is accelerating and at the same time, Applied More About: Amat
Weekly Link Orgy
2008-02-11 13:41:00 An interesting article from the Kansas City Federal Reserve on the foreclosure situation in the United States. One observers view of the recent Davos summit, and a rebuttal from another. A reminder that certain regions of the country are still growing. Another reminder that the saying "all real estate is local" is alive and well. One outfit predicts a 35% decline in home prices in California. More About: Link , Weekly
Barrett Business Services Inc. (BBSI)
2008-02-08 16:32:00 Barrett Business Services Inc. (BBSI) reported earnings per share of $0.34 and sales of $81.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2007. This was below analyst estimates. Barrett Business Services Inc. also lowered its guidance for the first quarter of fiscal 2008, ending March 1, 2008 "The Company also disclosed today limited financial guidance with respect to its operating results for the first
Standard Pacific Corp.(SPF)
2008-02-08 15:33:00 Standard Pacific Corp.(SPF) held a conference call last week to announce fourth quarter earnings. "During the quarter we generated $348 million in cash flow from operating activities, and we ended the year with $219 million in cash on our balance sheet. In the process we were able to reduce consolidated debt by over $250 million, lowering the balance outstanding on our revolving credit facility More About: Standard
Nabors Industries, Inc. (NBR)
2008-02-08 14:56:00 Nabors Industries , Inc. (NBR) made comments on conditions in the North American land drilling market in its recent conference call. "It was however a challenging year for our North American rig operations, excluding Alaska with a significant drop in income in both drilling and work over in U.S and Canada." "The other factor is that we are going to have to renew some 46 existing rig contracts,
D.R. Horton, Inc. (DHI)
2008-02-08 14:41:00 D.R. Horton, Inc. (DHI) held a conference call to discuss the recent quarter. Here are the highlights. The transcript is courtesy of Seeking Alpha. "44% cancellation rate during the first quarter, compared to 33% in the same quarter of the prior year." "During our first quarter impairment analysis, we reviewed all projects in the company and determined the projects with the combined carrying
Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO)
2008-02-07 13:41:00 Highlights from the Cisco Systems , Inc. (CSCO) question and answer period during the conference call last night: Is it the magnitude of the contraction and the speed that is behind the weak guidance, and does that mean that things can actually slow even further for Cisco? "We did see the slowdown occur pretty rapidly between December and January in terms of our orders...I would not assume by
Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO)
More articles from this author:2008-02-07 13:29:00 Cisco Systems , Inc. (CSCO) reported earnings last night and made comments on the conference call regarding business trends that it is seeing. Long Term Growth Rate "Therefore, we continue to believe with the appropriate caveats our long-term guidance should be in the 12% to 17% range year over year. While at the risk of stating the obvious and as we’ve said repeatedly in prior conference calls More About: Cisco Systems , Cisco 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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