Fast Money Episodes

Stocks Rally on Fed Day

[cnbc 3000086258] Dissecting the day’s major business news, including Ben Bernanke’s press conference, with the Fast Money traders. Josh Brown, Fusion Analytics, and Rich Ilczyszyn, also discuss gold’s wild ride. […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

CareerBuilder Acquires Top Language Jobs, Continues European Expansion

CareerBuilder Acquires Top Language Jobs, Continues European Expansion PR Newswire CHICAGO, April 25, 2012 CHICAGO , April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — CareerBuilder, the leader in human capital solutions, continues to grow its European business with the acquisition of Top Language Jobs (TLJ), the leading global online jobsite for multi-language jobs and candidates. TLJ operates more than 40 sites in 25 countries across Europe and in the U.S. The primary site www.toplanguagejobs.co.uk can also be accessed by using the .com domain […]

Stock Analysts

Record Sales for Lincoln Electric (ITW) (LECO)

Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc . ( LECO ) recently reported first quarter EPS of 76 cents, up 52% from 50 cents in the year-earlier quarter and ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 67 cents. The upbeat results were driven by improved product mix, pricing as well as the positive impact from recent acquisitions. […]

Stock Analysts

ACE Limited Beats on Lower Cat Loss (ACE) (TRV)

ACE Limited ( ACE ) reported first-quarter 2012 operating income of $2.05 per share, breezing past the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 15 cents. Earnings exhibited a massive improvement of 170% from 76 cents earned in the year-ago quarter. Operating income was $701 million, which was nearly a fourfold increase from the year-ago quarter […]

Stock Analysts

Lorillard Misses on Top Line (LO) (PM) (RAI)

Lorillard Inc. ( LO ) has delivered first quarter of 2012 adjusted earnings (excluding the unfavorable tobacco settlement expenses) of $1.74 per share, which exceeded the prior-year quarterly earnings of $1.71 per share. The results benefited from a decline in the number of outstanding shares owing to the company’s buyback program. […]

Stock Analysts

Harley Profits on Strong Retail Trend (HOG)

Harley-Davidson Inc. ( HOG ) witnessed a 44% rise in profit to $172.0 million in the first quarter of 2012 from $119.3 million in the same quarter of prior year. On a per-share basis, profits increased 45% to 74 cents from 51 cents a year ago, exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3 cents. […]

Stock Analysts

WellPoint Beats on EPS, Outlook Up (AET) (UNH) (WLP)

WellPoint Inc. ( WLP ) reported first-quarter 2012 adjusted income of $2.34 per share, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.28 per share but a penny lower than the year-ago earnings. Adjusted income declined 11% to $794.1 million from $891.0 million in the first quarter of 2011. […]