In the prematurely released statement, Dick Costolo, Twitter's CEO, said: "Revenue growth fell slightly short of our expectations due to lower-than-expected contributions from some of our newer direct response products".
Netflix released fourth-quarter and full-year earnings numbers today, beating analyst expectations due to better-than-expected subscriber growth in the U.S. and abroad.
GME said fiscal fourth-quarter results will come in above prior expectations due to higher-than-expected holiday demand and strong follow-through in January.
In Staples' second quarter, which ended July 28, Chief Executive Ron Sargent said results "fell short of our expectations due to softer than expected sales trends in North America and ongoing weakness in Europe and Australia".
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Interim results are ahead of expectations due to disciplined marketing spend and improved performance in delivery and third party income.
On his blog, Persson explained why progress stalled on the new game, pointing to heightened expectations due to the success of Minecraft as one of the key reasons.
The company, which is famous for its leather bags, said full-year profits would not meet market expectations due to "disappointing" trading over the past 10 weeks.
Carpetright fell more than 8% to 616.5p after saying full year results would be below expectations, due to weak markets in the UK and Netherlands.
Pork meat and sausage producer Cranswick closed 110.5p lower at 629p after it warned full year profits would be below expectations due to rising raw material costs, which it was struggling to pass on to its supermarket customers.
