Sentence examples for string of earnings from inspiring English sources

The news reassured investors wearied by a a string of earnings warnings and disappointments in recent weeks.

On Monday, M&T Bank kicked off the string of earnings releases, saying its profits dropped 25percentt from a year ago.

Investors hope that it's over now -- the punishing string of earnings warnings that has relentlessly pushed down stocks, especially the high-wire technology stocks.

It took a long string of earnings warnings, including those last week from Lucent, Home Depot, Motorola and Yahoo, to get the message through.

Such companies' stocks will most likely have already been bid up to too-lofty a level, and will therefore be especially vulnerable to a big decline once the string of earnings gains comes to an end.

Shares of M&T Bank, which kicked off the string of earnings releases, were down 12percentt on Monday after it reported second quarter earnings of $1.44 a share, several cents lower than analyst estimates.

When a company's earnings fall short after a long string of positive earnings surprises, they tend to dump it unceremoniously.

The Fed decision came amid a string of weak earnings reports, including a bleak profit outlook at Yahoo, which announced layoff plans.

The results follow a string of bad earnings reports in the European banking sector.

Their inquiries are focusing on a sparkling string of quarterly earnings reports issued by C.A. in 1997 and 1998.

Analysts and traders said it would take a string of good earnings reports to restore confidence in technology shares.