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DST Systems Tops Earnings on Solid Revenues; Shares Gain

Shares of DST Systems Inc. ( DST ) gained approximately 3.7% yesterday following the better-than-expected fourth-quarter 2014 results. The company’s non-GAAP earnings of $1.73 per share not only surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.53, but also increased 29.1% from $1.34 earned in the year-ago quarter. […]

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Xerox Beats on Q4 Earnings, Revenues Dip Y/Y

Xerox Corporation ( XRX ) reported net income (from continuing operations) of $305 million or 26 cents per share in fourth quarter of 2014 compared with $297 million or 23 cents a share in the year-ago quarter. The year-over-year increase in earnings per share was due to lower operating expenses. For full year 2014, the company reported net income (from continuing operations) of $1,084 million or 90 cents per share compared with $1,139 million or 89 cents a share in 2013. […]

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Chubb Q4 Earnings Beat on Premium Growth; Guides for 2015

The Chubb Corporation ( CB ) reported fourth-quarter 2014 operating income of $2.29 per share, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 6% and improved 11% year over year. The company’s results came in way above its upper range of the earnings guidance of $2.00–2.10 per share. Better-than-expected earnings came from higher premium written in its Personal and Commercial lines of business along with lower catastrophe loss […]

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Weyerhaeuser Q4 Earnings and Revenues Miss Estimates

Weyerhaeuser Company ( WY ) reported lower-than-expected bottom and top line results for fourth-quarter 2014. Adjusted earnings came in at 27 cents per share, increasing 42.1% year over year from 19 cents in the year-ago quarter. However, the bottom line failed to meet the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 28 cents. […]

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MasterCard Beats on Q4 Earnings, Expenses Mar Margins

MasterCard Inc. ( MA ) reported fourth-quarter 2014 operating earnings per share (EPS) of 72 cents, comfortably exceeding both the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 67 cents and the year-ago quarter figure of 57 cents. The company thus kept its earnings streak alive in all of 2014, with trailing four-quarter average beat of 6.7% […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Alleghany Capital Corporation Announces Acquisition Of "Teapot Dome Oilfield" By Stranded Oil Resources Corporation

Alleghany Capital Corporation Announces Acquisition Of “Teapot Dome Oilfield” By Stranded Oil Resources Corporation PR Newswire NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 2015 NEW YORK , Jan. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Alleghany Capital Corporation (“ACC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alleghany Corporation, today announced that its subsidiary Stranded Oil Resources Corporation (“SORC”), through one of its subsidiaries, has acquired the historic Teapot Dome Oilfield, known officially as Naval Petroleum Reserve Number 3 (” NPR-3 “). […]

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Infineon Posts Strong Earnings Again on Improved Operations

Leading semiconductor and complete systems solutions provider, Infineon Technologies AG ’s ( IFNNY ) first-quarter fiscal 2015 earnings rocketed 50% year over year to €0.12 (15 cents). The company witnessed robust performance across all its segments, which drove earnings in the quarter. Infineon has been making concerted efforts to tap the immense market potential, which has prompted consistently strong results for the company in the last seven quarters. […]

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Check Out These 3 Oil Stocks with Rising Earnings Estimates

Currently, oil is deeply entrenched into bearish territory and has fallen below the $50-a-barrel level following OPEC’s decision to hold production unchanged, the effects of booming shale supplies in North America and a stagnant European economy. Moreover, a stronger dollar has made the greenback-priced commodity more expensive for investors holding foreign currency. The cut in global crude demand growth by major energy consultative bodies and a slash in oil price forecast by several investment banks have put the final nail in the coffin. […]