...reports as opposed to a negative impact from the preannouncements," said Chuck Hill, director of research at Thomson Financial/First Call. But in July amid accounting worries, investors dumped stocks when earnings statements that met expectations...

...or 51 cents a share, up from $178 million, or 13 cents a share, a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial/First Call had expected earnings of 50 cents a share. Polaroid retirees seek to stop sale BOSTON - A group of Polaroid...

...Excluding one-time charges, BellSouth earned $996 million, or 53 cents per share. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial/First Call had expected 57 cents. Investors responded by dumping BellSouth shares. The stock sank more than 18 percent...

...month, up from its previous estimate of 55 cents per share. The consensus forecast of analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial/First Call was 56 cents per share. DuPont reported second-quarter earnings of 41 cents per share last year. Tax break...

...earnings overall are expected to drop an average of about 11 percent from the same time a year ago, according to Thomson Financial/ First Call. What's been especially dismaying to investors eager for good news is that many companies are still worried...

...as same-store sales. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial/First Call expected a 7.7 percent gain. Same-store...sales gain of 2 percent. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial/First Call anticipated a decline of 2 percent. On the...

...cents per share, a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial/First Call predicted Exxon Mobil would earn 39 cents a share. Revenue...line with the 58 cents expected by analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial/First Call.

...28 cents a share, in the same period last year. The results matched the consensus of analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial/First Call. For the first nine months of the fiscal year, The Home Depot earned $2.33 billion, or 99 cents a share...

...28 cents a share, in the same period last year. The results matched the consensus of analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial/First Call. For the first nine months of the fiscal year, The Home Depot earned $2.33 billion, or 99 cents a share...

...percent gain in same-store sales. That beat the 5.2 percent consensus forecast of analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial/First Call. Wal-Mart's total sales were up 14.6 percent. Another big winner was Costco Wholesale Corp., which...