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Weekly Earnings Review: AA, PEP, MAR, MON, FDO, COST, YUM, MOS, PBG

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:25:00 GMT

The third quarter earnings season has only just begun, and so far investors have been quite encouraged by the upbeat earnings trend.[More...]

Daily Highlights: 10/9/09

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:18:02 GMT

Asian stock markets rose Friday on US gains, with resource and energy stocks leading.Bernanke says Fed ready to tighten monetary policy when economy improves.Dollar rises for first time in 5 days after Bernanke says Fed ready to 'tighten' policy.Initial Jobless claims in US decrease 33,000 to 10-month low of 521,000.Japan Machine Orders increased 0.5% in August, rebounding from record low.[More...]

Wall Street Rallies On Earnings Optimism, Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) Jumps

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:56:08 GMT

US stocks finished higher on Thursday after Dow component Alcoa reported upbeat earnings. Shares also got a boost from stronger- than-expected jobless claims data.[More...]

A Quick Look At Marriot’s (MAR) 3rd Quarter

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:35:21 GMT

Marriott Internatioal (MAR) this morning reported results for their 3rd quarter ended August 31, 2009. With 3,292 hotels and more than 570,000 rooms worldwide, Marriott is an excellent barometer of travel & leisure spending.[More...]

US Stock Futures Rally On Alcoa (NYSE: AA) Profit, Jobs Data; IBM (NYSE: IBM) Eyed

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:48:07 GMT

US stock futures jumped on Thursday after Alcoa posted a surprise profit through cost cutting and higher aluminum prices after three straight quarterly losses. Better-than-expected initial claims data also boosted stocks[More...]

Marriott International, Inc. (MAR): Third Quarter Earnings Preview 2009

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:55:00 GMT

Marriott International, Inc. (MAR) opened the hoteliers’ third quarter earnings season this Thursday.[More...]

Market Closing : Stocks Recover To Record Moderate Losses - Jobs Data Weighs

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:25:00 GMT

Stocks spent the bulk of Friday's regular session clawing higher after markets opened at their lows on the back of disappointing monthly jobs and factory orders data. Stocks were touched for sharp declines ahead of the opening bell after payrolls data showed that jobs outside the agriculture sector contracted 263,000 last month, deeper than Wall Street economists expected.[More...]

Earnings Preview For Oct 5 - 9 - Earnings Preview

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:08:23 GMT

Third-quarter earnings season officially starts on Wednesday afternoon with Alcoa's (AA) report. The aluminum maker is expected to announce revenues of $4.5 billion and a loss of 11 cents per share. The results will look awful compared to last year because the commodity bubble peaked in Q308.[More...]

Biggest Declines Among S&P

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:05:02 GMT

The following is a list of the S&P 500 firms where the analysts have been cutting their expectations for the current fiscal year the most over the last month. Most likely these firms reported disappointing earnings or gave negative guidance on their conference calls. Historically, you have not wanted to be invested in companies where the analysts who follow them most closely see the earnings prospects diminishing. Also, estimates in motion tend to remain in motion. The first bit of bad news is rarely the last (the cockroach theory). This means that the current expectations, even though down from last month, are probably still to high for these firms. To weed out anomalies, only those firms that are currently expected to earn more than $0.50 in 2009 are included and only those firms where there are a minimum of three estimates in the system. If you have these stocks in your portfolio, you might want to reconsider[More...]

Hotels & Lodging - Industry Outlook

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:45:57 GMT

As the recession continues, hotel industry operating metrics are showing no signs of improvement as both business and leisure travelers are cutting back. OUTLOOK The lodging industry is facing significant challenges stemming from the economic recession, as both business and consumers are cutting back on travel expenditures. When evaluating hotel companies like Starwood (HOT) and Marriott (MAR) during this down cycle, we will be paying especially close attention to changes in average daily room rates as an indication of how quickly the sector may recover once the economy improves. A key operating metric in the lodging industry is RevPAR (revenue per available room). This metric is derived by[More...]

Striving for Green Answers: Group That Helps Unemployed Focuses on Energy Efficiency for Businesses, Buildings

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:46:00 GMT

Oct. 24--COLONIE -- There were eight of them, holding instruments not much larger than an iPod and pointing them at light fixtures throughout the Albany Marriott Hotel on Wolf Road.
The group has been trained by Strive, an organization in East Harlem that equips the unemployed to get and keep meaningful jobs.
They work for Eco Answers US, which provides energy audits, among other "green" services.

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Weekly Earnings Review: AA, PEP, MAR, MON, FDO, COST, YUM, MOS, PBG

Daily Highlights: 10/9/09

Wall Street Rallies On Earnings Optimism, Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) Jumps

A Quick Look At Marriot’s (MAR) 3rd Quarter

US Stock Futures Rally On Alcoa (NYSE: AA) Profit, Jobs Data; IBM (NYSE: IBM) Eyed

Marriott International, Inc. (MAR): Third Quarter Earnings Preview 2009

Market Closing : Stocks Recover To Record Moderate Losses - Jobs Data Weighs

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