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All eyes on JPMorgan as banks report earnings

...Wall Street to pursue their strategies. That translates to lower fees, too.Most analysts have recently reduced earnings estimates for banks and also downgraded several stocks. Goldberg cut profit estimates for JPMorgan twice during the quarter...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-07-12/all-eyes-jpmorgan-banks-re
Relief over Spain bank rescue fades quickly, Dow loses 142

...service company appointed board member David Lockwood as its new chief executive, and lowered its full-year adjusted earnings estimate.- Progress Energy rose $1.47, or 2.5 percent, to $59.60 after federal regulators cleared Duke Energy's...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-06-11/relief-over-spain-bank-res
Despite setbacks, stocks are having a strong year

...Then Philip Morris fell 3 percent after it trimmed earnings estimates. Ryder System, a truck leasing company, reined...which had been an investor favorite. It lowered earnings estimates June 21 and disclosed it had to give out more coupons...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/your-business/2012-07-01/despite-setb
Dow blows past 13,000 on hope for action in Europe

...stocks making big moves:- Expedia, the online travel company, jumped 20 percent after blowing past analysts' earnings estimates. A jump in hotel bookings offset a decline in airline ticket revenue. The stock surged $9.19 to $54.90...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-07-27/dow-blows-past-13000-hope-
Investors flee BP, drilling companies

...Offshore and Atwood Oceanics. It downgraded Noble and Transocean to "Neutral" from "Buy."Jefferies & Co. cut its earnings estimate on driller Oceaneering International because of uncertainty over the moratorium. FBR Capital Markets downgraded...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2010-06-08/investors-flee-bp-drilling
Encore after funds' strong quarter won't be easy

...manager. "People were tired of the 'better-than-expected' concept - they wanted to see some real meat behind earnings estimates. And they want to see the economy cruising along a little better." Even though the market until recently reflected...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/07/12/fin_540443.shtml
Finance
Board approves yearly increases in retiree pay

...Mark Sanford was the lone holdout on the five-member Budget and Control Board, which approved the increased earnings estimate Tuesday with a 4-1 vote. Mr. Sanford had vetoed the bill already, saying it incorrectly raised expected annual...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/06/18/met_462571.shtml
Metro
Bank's third-quarter profit falls on markets turmoil

...earnings of $1.03 per share on $8.02 billion of revenue, according to analysts polled by Thomson Financial. The earnings estimates typically exclude one-time items. Mr. Thompson said the summer's turmoil in fixed-income markets "clearly...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/10/20/bus_148547.shtml
Business
Bank of America plans changes

...expected earnings of $1.06 per share on revenue of $18.3 billion, according to a poll by Thomson Financial. Earnings estimates typically exclude one-time items. Bank of America's shares fell $1.68, or 3.4 percent, to $48.35...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/10/19/bus_148369.shtml
Business
Can Google's stock gains go on?

...stock from $275 to $350 a share. He said that Google is trading roughly 42 times the investment firm's 2006 earnings estimate compared with Yahoo's forward price-earnings ratio of 55 and eBay Inc.'s p-e of 37. "We would argue because...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2005/06/20/bus_456495.shtml
Business