Stocks

Notable Earnings (Monday)

Numbers on ticker lines show expectations, numbers in color are announced earnings, followed by guidance/comments:

[[AXP]] American Express Company Q3 2008 $ 0.59 20-Oct AMC –
$0.74 but expectations were “less than modest”. Aweful guidance.

[[HAL]] Halliburton Company Q3 2008 $ 0.73 20-Oct BMO –
$0.76

[[HAS]] Hasbro, Inc. Q3 2008 $ 0.86 20-Oct BMO –
$0.89

[[MAT]] Mattel Q3 2008 $ 0.71 20-Oct BMO –
$0.66, lower income but net sales increased

[[PETS]] PetMed Express, Inc. Q2 2008 $ 0.20 20-Oct BMO –
$0.25

[[SNDK]] SanDisk Corp. Q3 2008 -$ 0.28 20-Oct –
($0.59), did not give guidance

[[TXN]] Texas Instruments Q3 2008 $ 0.46 20-Oct AMC –
$0.43, will try to cut costs