The quarterly loss will be between 19 cents and 23 cents per share, much wider than the anticipated range of 7 cents to 9 cents.
Novellus expects fourth-quarter earnings per share to range from 24 cents to 26 cents, which is the top end of the previous range of 19 cents to 26 cents.
Starbucks raised fiscal 2006 earnings per share guidance to a range of 71 cents to 72 cents, slightly above the 70 cents expected by Wall Street.
Underlining the difficulty of predicting future sales and earnings performance in the current economic environment, Airgas now expects fourth-quarter earnings in the range of 64 cents to 67 cents a share, down from its prior range of 73 cents to 76 cents a share.
The package delivery service said late-Monday that it lowered its expectations for its second quarter earnings per share to a range of 83 cents to 88 cents from a range of 97 cents to $1.04 per share that the company had originally anticipated.
Borders cited "continued strength in books" and projected fiscal second-quarter earnings per share in the range of 6 cents to 8 cents, compared with earnings of 6 cents in the year-ago quarter.
EA said it expects a first-quarter loss in a range of 22 cents to 28 cents per share, wider than the 19 cents predicted by analysts.
The busy September delivery, which declined from 3.83 cents a pound to 3.70 cents on Thursday, pushed ahead to close at a range of 3.74 cents to 3.75 cents yesterday.
EDS expects the NMCI contract to account for year losses per share in the range of 51 cents to 61 cents, wider than previous guidance for losses of 51 cents; the rest of EDS' business will earn 80 cents to 90 cents, "unchanged from our previous guidance," the company noted.
Shares of Tiffany & Company fell 47 cents, to $25.05, after the luxury jewelry retailer lowered its fourth-quarter profit forecast to a range of 57 cents to 62 cents from its previous forecast of 60 cents to 65 cents.
