THERE were many reasons why Citigroup's earnings for the second quarter, released on July 14th, might have elicited familiar groans.
Mr. Singer, whose fund gained 1.1 percent in the second quarter, released the letter several weeks before Capitol Hill reached a compromise on the contentious debt ceiling issue.
FIGURES for Greece's economic output in the second quarter, released yesterday, are pretty bleak: the country sank deeper into recession, contracting 1.5% during the quarter, making a total decline of 3.5% over the past year.
As highlighted in yesterday's inflation report there is a reasonable chance that the fourth quarter release will show the economy slipping backwards.
Amazon is prepping a 7-inch $199 tablet for a third quarter release, reports Max Wang for Digitimes.
Microsoft began what promises to be a long road to the fourth quarter release of its Dynamics CRM product today.
Interestingly enough, the KGI analyst states that Apple will release these models earlier than last year, with a third quarter release most likely.
Stitch Fix, the on-demand fashion styling business, saw its shares quickly fall 6percentt following the bell on Monday, after posting its second-quarter release. .
"Its concepts are well managed, a factor which has lead to 15 straight quarters of out performance, versus consensus EPS expectations," says Mark Kalinowski, restaurant analyst at Salomon Smith Barney, in a research note to clients following Brinker's second-quarter release.
Ford's earnings release provides a sharp contrast to General Motors' third-quarter release, which came out Wednesday.
