But outside of the 48 hours following an earnings report, Nasdaq remains tightly handcuffed to European drama.
On May 8, the company issued an earnings report that beat analysts' expectations and sent the stock up 43% that day.
Microsoft beat the bottom line in Q3 of 2013, though it barely missed the top line, according to an earnings report revealed today.
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Abbott Laboratories (ABT) unveiled an earnings report buoyed by nutritional sales like the flagship baby formula Similac in the emerging markets of China and India.
Bank of America is indicating north of 7 bucks this morning following an earnings report they built out of pipe cleaners and paper machet for the Wall Street Science Fair.
Sprint Nextel was among the worst performers on Thursday as it stock plunged more than 16% on an earnings report that showed the third largest U.S. mobile carrier losing more than 100, 000 monthly mobile customers and a wider than expected loss.
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They need only be concerned with whether they can be make a profit in one direction or the other on a news item or event, be it an earnings report, an economic report, or just the remarks of a prominent person in an interview or speech.
This earnings report is an encouraging indication for the company given the uncertainty around recovery of the economy.
Its recent earnings report shows an increase in research and development spending.
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However, Apple does not have a history of disclosing such information in an earnings conference call or in an quarterly report.
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We are evaluating the impact of these events on our CCOP segment and will provide an update when we report first quarter earnings results on November 1, 2011.
And no sooner had Marchionne welcomed a chorus of congratulations with the earnings report than he also released an updated long-term product plan for Chrysler brands that soberly confirmed recent reports that he has had to slash some expected new models and push others off into the future.
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"We would be buyers of ValueClick ahead of its earnings report, " said Kessler, who maintained an "outperform" rating on the stock.
At some point in here, the stock is going to catch a bid and rebound: the obvious catalysts include the upcoming September quarter earnings report, and the widely expected launch of an iPad Mini.
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The company issued an update on Lucky Friday Tuesday in conjunction with its third-quarter earnings report.
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Also, as my colleague Ashlea Ebeling wrote in May, the Urban Institute released a report showing that median monthly earnings fell 23% after an unemployment spell for reemployed workers aged 50 to 61, compared with just 11% for workers aged 25 to 34.
Do you sell before the earnings in fear of an earnings miss, or hold on to the stock in the hope that the report will exceed investor expectations?
In addition to the bank's European exposure, analysts say that the U.S. Senate money-laundering investigation was also having an effect, and that investors were selling ahead of the company's earnings report.
Wells Fargo will report earnings before the opening bell and CEO John Stumpf will host an earnings call at 10am EST fresh off the heels of a massive mortgagee fraud suit filed against the bank.
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Confusingly, the annual tax return does not supersede an existing monthly requirement to report and pay tax on non-taxed income if total earnings exceed a certain threshold.
Consumer spending has emerged as an economic bright spot in recent weeks, but Friday's report showed that hourly earnings barely picked up in April, which could give consumers little room to boost spending.
For all of these reasons, we have placed an Undervalued rating on Cephalon and will not downgrade it based on the improving fundamentals seen in this earnings report.
An earlier report from Ms Truss suggested that the average family spent more than a quarter of their earnings on childcare - Britain has some of the most expensive childcare in the world, with some mothers saying it does not make financial sense to work.
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The report suggests that public companies stop their issuing of earnings guidance, or at least offer an annual guidance that includes several earnings per share numbers instead of the current system of including one EPS number per quarter.
In addition, a number of large Japanese companies are due to report earnings this week, which will provide the market with a chance to see how much of an impact the weaker yen is having on profitability.
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