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BCE Earnings Miss, Revenues in Line with Estimates in Q2

Canada’s leading telephone operator BCE Inc. ( BCE ) reported second-quarter 2014 adjusted earnings of 82 Canadian cents per share (75 cents per ADS), missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 77 cents. Results, however, improved 6.5% year over year owing to a higher adjusted EBITDA growth at Bell […]

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Kemper Misses on Q2 Earnings & Revenues, CAT Loss Rises

Kemper Corporation ( KMPR ) reported second-quarter 2014 net operating earnings of 18 cents per share, lagging the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 41 cents by 56.1%. Results also declined 67.2% year over year. Including income from discontinued operations, net income at Kemper came in at 17 cents per diluted share, down 71.2% from the prior-year quarter […]

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Masimo Corporation Q2 Earnings Decline and Miss Estimates

Masimo Corporation ( MASI ) posted a 10% decline in adjusted net earnings per share to 27 cents for the second quarter of 2014 from 30 cents in the same quarter of 2013 and lagged the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 29 cents. Meanwhile, adjusted net earnings fell 4.3% to $16.3 million from $17.0 million in the second quarter of 2013. On a reported basis, net earnings decreased 19.0% to $13.8 million from $17.0 million a year ago […]

Max Keiser

Free trade rackets: CAFTA, NAFTA & TAFTA

[youtube crDUtzgAEvY] Watch the full Keiser Report Episode 638 on Saturday! In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss the free trade rackets like CAFTA, which was pitched to the public in 2005 as a way to halt mass migration from Central America into the USA. The argument went that the ‘free trade’ deal would cause both economies to boom and so there would be no reason for immigrants to come to the USA. […]

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Leucadia Q2 Earnings Improve Y/Y on Solid Segmental Results

Leucadia National Corporation ( LUK ) posted earnings from continuing operations of 16 cents per share in second-quarter 2014. The bottom line grew 14.3% from 14 cents per share earned in the year-ago quarter. Revenues Leucadia generated net revenues of $2,852.1 million, reflecting an improvement of 6.6% over $2,675.7 million recorded in the prior-year quarter […]

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Volcano (VOLC) Posts Strong Q2 Earnings, Guides Low for 2014

California-based medical instruments manufacturer Volcano Corporation ( VOLC ) reported second-quarter 2014 adjusted earnings of a penny per share, substantially ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of loss of 4 cents. However, adjusted earnings experienced a significant year-over-year decline of 66.7% from the prior-year quarter's adjusted tally of 3 cents per share. However, without these adjustments, the company reported net income $0.3 million or a penny per share, reasonably better than the year-ago net loss of $2 […]

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VIVUS Reports Narrower-than-Expected Loss on Qsymia Sales

VIVUS Inc. ’s ( VVUS ) second quarter 2014 loss (excluding one-time items) of 25 cents per share was much narrower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 31 cents and the year-ago loss of 52 cents. The company’s total revenues for the second quarter of 2014 came in at $21.9 million as compared to $5.5 million recorded in the year-ago period […]

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OGE Energy Misses Q2 Earnings Estimates, Maintains Guidance

OGE Energy Corp .’s ( OGE ) second quarter earnings of 50 cents per share missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3.8% but improved 8.7% from the year-ago earnings of 46 cents per share. Oge Energy Corp – Earnings Surprise | FindTheBest The year-over-year improvement was primarily due to robust contribution from the natural gas midstream operations. The midstream business contributed 12 cents to the reported quarter earnings, up from 7 cents in the year-ago quarter […]

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Lions Gate Q1 Earnings Rise Over Twofold, Beat Estimates

Shares of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. ( LGF ) – a film and television production company – climbed 1.8% during aftermarket trading hours yesterday, as the company’s first-quarter fiscal 2015 adjusted earnings of 27 cents a share rose over two-fold from 10 cents a share reported last year and also surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 13 cents. […]

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MarkWest Energy Earnings in Line, Up Y/Y on Higher Volumes

Natural gas processor and distributor MarkWest Energy Partners LP ( MWE ) reported second-quarter 2014 earnings – excluding mark-to-market derivative activity, compensation expense and asset sale adjustments – of 19 cents per unit, in-line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Meanwhile, the bottom line improved from the year-ago adjusted profit of 8 cents per unit. Significant improvement in natural gas processing volumes in the Marcellus and Southwest regions favored the results. […]