RE: Pre-market updateJust to add to that, most companies that reported earnings this morning were above estimates.
IntercontinentalExchan... (ICE): Q4 EPS of $0.82 misses by $0.01. Revenue of $207M (+30.1%) vs. $213M. (PR) Comment!
7:41 AM Terra Industries (TRA): Q4 EPS of $1.65 vs. consensus of $0.92. Revenue of $683M (+20.1%) vs. $544M. Shares +7.4% premarket. (PR) Comment!
7:31 AM Patriot Coal (PCX): Q4 EPS of $0.85 vs. consensus of -$0.70. Revenue of $541M (+113%) vs. $499M. Shares +9.2% premarket. (PR) Comment!
7:24 AM AECOM Technology Corp (ACM): FQ1 EPS of $0.38 in-line. Revenue of $1.45B (+34.6%) vs. $1.58B. (PR) Comment!
7:22 AM Corrections Corp. of America (CXW): Q4 EPS of $0.32 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $414.4M (+8.8%) vs. $420.0M. (PR) Comment!
7:19 AM Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG): Q4 EPS of $0.30 beats by $0.05. Revenue of $3.8B (-5.6%) vs. $3.9B. (PR) Comment!
7:19 AM Omnicom Group (OMC): Q4 EPS of $0.88 beats by $0.04. Revenue of $3.37B (-7.0%) in-line. (PR) Comment!
7:19 AM Qwest (Q): Q4 EPS of $0.11 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $3.31B in-line. "In light of the current economic environment, the company is maintaining a cautious view on its outlook for 2009." (PR) Comment!
7:19 AM Coventry Health Care (CVH): Q4 EPS of $0.60 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $3.0B (+8.3%) in-line. (PR) Comment!
7:19 AM Hercules Offshore (HERO): Q4 EPS of $0.42 beats by $0.16. Revenue of $313.5M (+28.4%) vs. $299.2M. (PR) Comment!
7:14 AM Yingli Green Energy (YGE): FQ3 profit fell 7.1% to $22.2M, or $0.17
ProLogis (PLD): Q4 FFO of $0.61 beats by $0.04. Revenue of $239M (-5.88%) vs. $250M. Sees 2009 FFO of $1.85-2.05 vs. $1.86. (PR) (-from Mon. evening) Comment!
6:58 AM Vulcan Materials Company (VMC): Q4 EPS of $0.14 misses by $0.16. Revenue of $765M (-6.3%) vs. $834M. Expects capital spending to fall to $200M in 2009 from $400M. Shares -2.6% AH. (PR) (-from Mon. evening) Comment!
6:16 AM United Microelectronics (UMC): Q4 EPS of -$0.28 misses by $0.26. Revenue of $566.0M (-33.5%) vs. $569.4M. (PR) Comment!
6:14 AM Elan (ELN): Q4 EPS of -$0.10 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $269.8M (+23.6%
Arrow Electronics (ARW): Q4 EPS of $0.60 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $4.1B (-7.5%) in-line. (PR) Comment!