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Amazon
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ex-items, and issued less than upbeat guidance. Q3 earnings fell 44%. The stock
traded lower after hours. Note the divergence in on balance volume. The stock
was downgraded at Citigroup to sell.
Boeing
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PowerRating) reported 0.80, ex-items,
in-line; revenues were $12.63 billion, less than expected. The company’s backlog
increased significantly.
Google
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PowerRating) announced Google Base,
which the company describes as “an early-stage test of a product that enables
content owners to easily send their content to Google.” Analysts feel this
brings Google closer to competing with EBay.
ConocoPhillips
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PowerRating) beat by 0.22.
Computer Associates
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PowerRating) was in-line at
0.24 and guided lower; the company also increased its share repurchase program
by $200 million.
Sprint Nextel
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PowerRating) posted a Q3 profit of
$516 million, or 0.23/share vs. a loss of $1.32 a year earlier.
Centex
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PowerRating) beat by 0.49–after a tax
refund of 0.21. Q2 profits rose 59%; the company also raised its outlook.