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PS Business Parks Beats Estimates (BDN) (PSB)

PS Business Parks Inc . ( PSB ) reported second quarter 2011 FFO (fund from operations) of $35.8 million or $1.11 per share compared to $30.7 million or $0.96 per share in the year-earlier quarter. Fund from operations, a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs, is obtained after adding depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses to net income. […]

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Acorn Energy’s second quarter results are above expectations (ACFN)

Steven Ralston, CFA Acorn Energy's second quarter results are above expectations Acorn Energy ( ACFN ) reported second quarter results for the period ending June 30, 2011. Revenues increased 30.3% to $10.72 million from $8.23 million, primarily due to strong growth at CoaLogix and GridSense, where revenue growth was well above expectations. Total gross profit declined 14.2% to $2.98 million from $3.48 million in the comparable-period last year […]

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A Mixed Bag for Lions Gate (LGF) (TWX)

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp . ( LGF ) recently reported mixed first-quarter 2012 results. The company posted quarterly earnings of 9 cents a share, a significant recovery from a loss of 54 cents a share in the prior-year quarter […]

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Earning Scorecard: Union Pacific (CSX) (KSU) (NSC) (UNP)

Union Pacific Corporation ( UNP ) reported robust second-quarter 2011 financial results with both revenue and earnings per share (EPS) exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Second Quarter Highlights Quarterly net income was a record high of $785 million or $1.59 per share compared with a net income of $711 million or $1.40 per share in the year-ago quarter. The second-quarter EPS of $1.59 beats the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny. […]