Month: August 2011

DISH Network Corp. ( DISH ) is scheduled to release its second quarter 2011 results on Tuesday, August 9, before the opening bell. […]

Fidelity National Information Services Inc. ( FIS ) recently dodged a downgrade threat from rating agency Fitch, after the company abandoned its plans of acquiring British financial software company Misys Plc. […]

Federal Realty (FRT ) reported second quarter 2011 FFO (funds from operations) of $64.3 million or $1.02 per share compared with $60.3 million or 98 cents per share in the year-earlier quarter. Funds 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. Reported FFO per share beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2 cents. […]

Ross Stores Inc. ( ROST ), the second largest off-price retailer of apparel and home accessories, reported a growth of 7% in comparable store sales for the four-week period ended July 30, 2011. The recent results were above the 2% gain in same-store sales in the prior-year month. […]

ResMed Inc. ( RMD ) reported adjusted EPS of 39 cents in the fourth quarter of 2011, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 36 cents and 14.7% higher from the year-ago quarter. The company also reported fiscal 2011 EPS of $1.44, which increased 17% year over year. […]

Target Corporation ( TGT ), the operator of general merchandise and food discount stores in the United States, recently posted better-than-expected sales results for the four-week period ended July 30, 2011. The rise in comparable-store sales was at the high end of management’s expectation, reflecting strong sales in grocery category coupled with sales growth in health and beauty products. Besides, management hinted that back-to-school sales remained robust. […]

Dillard's Inc . ( DDS ), the leading apparel and home-furnishing retailer in the United States, reported a growth of 9.0% in same-store sales for the four weeks ended July 30, 2011. Merchandise sales for the period shot up 8.0% to $458.5 million compared with $425.2 million in the four-week period ended July 31, 2010 […]

International Business Machines Corp. ( IBM ) in partnership with Infor, a provider of business software and services, has developed a second set of integrated hardware and software solutions that would likely improve profitability and responsiveness for manufacturers. The new integrated solution is based on IBM’s POWER7 systems and run on IBM i operating systems that combine Infor’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) LX, ERP XA and ERP System21 software. […]