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• Stock Index Futures Point to Early Gains on Wall Street

  Reuters - 2009-11-11

  (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a higher opening on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.9 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.8 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.8 percent at 4:54 a.m. EST.On the macro front, data showed on Wednesday Chinese factory...

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• Progressive Surpasses Estimates

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-10-14

  Zacks.com submits: Progressive Corp.’s PGR third quarter earnings of 40 cents per share were 7 pennies ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 33 cents. Investment gains coupled with increase in premiums written have contributed to this result. Also, provisions for income taxes were reduced by $18.0 million...

  Tags: Financial, Zacks.com, Progressive Corp.

• Progressive: Earnings Preview

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-10-12

  Zacks.com submits: Progressive Corp. PGR is expected to release its third quarter results before the market opens on Oct 14. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for this stock is 33 cents per share. In the prior-year period, the company had reported earnings of 31 cents per share. ...

  Tags: Financial, Zacks.com, Progressive Corp.

• Progressive Corporation Investor Relations Conference Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-08-26

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Michael Philips, your line is open for your question. Please state your company name. Michael Phillips - Stifel Nicolaus Stifel Nicolaus. First question, what percent of your customers are you seeing lower limits or at high deductibles or just fewer coverage's overall? Glenn Renwick Michael,...

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• Progressive Corporation Investor Relations Conference Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-08-26

  Progressive Corp. PGR Investor Relations Conference Call August 12, 2009 9:00 am ET

  Tags: Financial, Progressive Corp.

• Fitch Downgrades Progressive Corp Due to Rating Criteria Change

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-08-19

  Zacks.com submits: On Monday, Fitch Ratings downgraded Progressive Corp. PGR but not because of a deterioration of the company’s financial profile. Interestingly, the action was the result of a change in the agency’s rating criteria. Fitch cut Progressive’s Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'A+' from 'AA-' and Senior...

  Tags: Financial, Zacks.com, Progressive Corp.

• The Progressive Corporation Q3 2008 (Qtr End 09/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-12

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Jay Gelb – Barclays Capital Jay Gelb – Barclays Capital Progressive’s financial leverage is above its long-term target and excess capital appears to have been eroded as the result of investment marks. Under what scenarios might Progressive need to raise...

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• Progressive's Clever Marketing Strategy

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-22

  Rafael Grillo submits: Amidst jittery financial markets and government bailouts, the average Joe is still facing tough economic times and looking for ways to save money. In continuing with the discussion initiated in my post “May you live in interesting times”, we are looking for the companies that are building...

  Tags: Progressive Corp., Financial

• Dividend Aristocrats Handily Outperforming Main Indexes in 2008

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-08-31

  David I. Templeton submits: Three of the major U.S. domestic indexes (Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 Index & Nasdaq Composite Index) had a positive return for the month of August. However, the S&P's Dividend Aristocrats did outperform the three aforementioned benchmarks in August and YTD through August 29, 2008.Nasdaq...

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• PFI: PowerShares Dynamic Financials Outperforms Its Peers

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-08-29

  Don Dion submits: After a mixed round of earnings this summer and ongoing uncertainty about valuation, the financial sector remains plagued with enough speculation to keep many investors on the sideline. As more financial institutions are added to the “probation list” of U.S. regulators, investors have become more...

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