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• Stocks Fall on Energy Shares, Consumer Worries

  Reuters - 2009-11-12

  By Rodrigo CamposNEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow industrials six-day winning streak came to a halt on Thursday as a drop in oil prices pulled energy stocks lower and a guarded outlook from Wal-Mart fanned worries about consumer spending.Stocks were also undermined by a U.S. dollar rally, as its safe-haven...

  Tags: S&P 500, NYSE Euronext, S&P, Stock, Earnings, Intel Corp., 3Com Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Hess Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Occidental Petroleum Corp., The Walt Disney Co.

• Great Plains Energy Incorporated Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-10-30

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions. Your first question is from Michael Lapides with a Goldman Sachs. Michael Lapides – Goldman Sachs Hey, guys. I want to touch on a handful of things. First of all, the schedule in Missouri regarding the rate case filing versus the in-service date by Iatan...

  Tags: Goldman Sachs Group Inc., S&P, Financing, Great Plains Software, Call Transcript, Earnings, Financial Accounting, Investment, Advertising & Promotion, Finance, Marketing, Seeking Alpha, Great Plains Energy Inc.

• DISH Network Corporation Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-03-02

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Absolutely sir. And our first question comes from Spencer Wang from Credit Suisse. Spencer Wang – Credit Suisse Thanks and good morning. Just two quick questions, I was wondering if you guys could just update us on where you are with the new revision will you swap...

  Tags: Call Transcript, Credit Suisse Group AG, Dish Network, Earnings, EchoStar Communications Corp., Finance, Financial Accounting, Network, S&P, Seeking Alpha, Sirius, Swap

• Speedway Motorsports, Inc. Q3 2008 (Quarter End 09/30/2008) Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-20

  Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions We’ll pause for just a moment to compile the Q&A roster. Your first question comes from Joe Latchke – Wachovia. Joe Latchke – Wachovia Can you give us an update on the closing of Kentucky? Are you still on track to...

  Tags: S&P, Call Transcript, Wachovia Corp., Earnings, Speedway Motorsports Inc., Financial Accounting, Finance, Seeking Alpha

• Stock Valuation: A Look Back and a Look Ahead

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-03

  Richard Shaw QVM Group submits: According to S&P historical and estimated earnings, and the closing S&P index price last week, the S&P 500 P/E is currently 11.1 times trailing “as reported” earnings, 11.8 times estimated “as reported” earnings, and 13.1 times projected “as reported” earnings. Where does that stand...

  Tags: S&P, Stock, Earnings, Seeking Alpha, Financial Accounting, Finance, Richard Shaw, US Market

• American Financial Group Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Conference Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-10-28

  Question-and-Answer Session[Operator Instructions]. Your first question comes from the line of Amit Kumar with Fox-Pitt, Kelton. Amit Kumar - Fox-Pitt, Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller Good morning. Carl H. Lindner III - Co-Chief Executive Officer and President Good morning. Amit Kumar - Fox-Pitt, Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller I guess, just...

  Tags: S&P, Adequacy, Call Transcript, Earnings, American Financial Group Inc., Life Operation, Financial Accounting, Finance, Seeking Alpha

• Good reasons to prefer these half-dozen preferred stocks now

  - 2008-09-12

  TAKING STOCK Dear Mr. Berko: For reasons I do not want to disclose, I need to gener- ate 8 percent interest on $120,000 to earn $9,600 a year. And the invest- ment vehicle must be rated bank "investment quality" or triple- B or better. I need to distribute...

  Tags: bank, dividend, earnings, FINANCE, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., S&P

• Growth Stocks Rise When Economy Slows.

  - 2008-03-01

  THIS YEAR BEGAN with a steep selloff in stocks over fears that the economy is slowing down. Although the market's slide may have some investors pulling out of equities, experts say that would be the wrong move. In fact, they say, history suggests that you should now...

  Tags: earnings, Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, Investment, S&P, stock

• TAKING STOCK: THE BOTTOM LINE ON THE SHOE BIZ.

  - 2007-03-26

  Byline: Linsdsay E. Sammon ECONOMIC & STOCK MARKET WRAPUP: Stocks rallied last Wednesday after the Federal Reserve kept its benchmark federal funds interest rate at 5.25 percent. The Standard & Poor's Retail Index shot up 1.8 percent to close at 517.65, while the Dow...

  Tags: acquisition, Branding, EARNINGS, Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, Investment, MARKETING, S&P, stock

• ExxonMobil quarterly profit at $10.4B

  - 2006-07-28

  Surging oil prices may be emptying the wallets of drivers topping off their gas tanks, but they're filling the coffers at ExxonMobil, which Thursday reported the second-largest quarterly profit for a U.S. company. Exxon, the world's most valuable company based on market value, reported a quarterly profit of $10.4billion,...

  Tags: earnings, Exxon Mobil Corp., FINANCE, S&P, Thomson Reuters Corp.