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Investment Tech. Q4 Earnings Call Transcript

123jump.com Staff
06 Feb, 2010
New York City

Revenues fell 20.6% to $151 million & net loss was $7.79 million or 18 cents a share. Transaction processing costs were flat versus 3rd qtr at 22% of total revenues. U.S. costs rose $1.8 million versus 3rd qtr & international expenses up $2.5 million of which $1.1 million represented currency impact

Moody's Corporation Q4 Earnings Call Transcript

123jump.com Staff
06 Feb, 2010
New York City

Sales rose 20% to $485.8 million and net income rose 15% to $101.9 million or 43 cents a share. Operating income was $179 million, 43% higher than the same period last year. Operating margin for the quarter was 36.8%. Operating expense $307 million increased 10% over the prior year period.

China Indexes Track Global Losses, BoC Drops

Mayank Mehta
05 Feb, 2010
New York City

Stocks in Shanghai and Hong Kong declined for the third week in a row as global markets drop for the fourth week in a row. Weak commodities dragged resource linked stocks. Bank of Communications declined on the prospect of stock offering.

Late Rally in U.S. Indexes; Weak Commmodities

123jump.com Staff
05 Feb, 2010
New York City

U.S. stocks rallied in the late afternoon after consumer credit decline in December slowed. The dollar gained against the euro as investors focus on budget deficits of Greece, Spain and Portugal. Toyota President Akio Toyoda apologized for the quality problems. Commodities traded weak.

Sydney Index Down 2.3%; Harvey Norman Sales Up

Darlington Musarurwa
05 Feb, 2010
New York City

Australian economy is expected to grow between 3.2% and 3.5% in the years 2010 and 2011 according to an estimate by the Reserve Bank of Australia. The building industry showed an expansion in January. Weak commodities dragged miners in Sydney trading.

Toyota Apologizes; Mitsubishi Heavy Net Drops

Darlington Musarurwa
05 Feb, 2010
New York City

Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda apologized for quality problems and set up a committee that will include outside experts to review quality processes. Japan

Sensex in India Plunges 2.7%

Mayank Mehta
05 Feb, 2010
New York City

Stocks in Mumbai traded lower on the worries that government may struggle to sell more stakes in state controlled companies. The recent stake sale in NTPC received a lukewarm response. Reliance Industries is in talks with Canada based tar-sand oil explorer for $2 billion investment. Realtors and software developers declined.

Fourth Weekly Decline in European Indexes

Mayank Mehta
05 Feb, 2010
New York City

European markets declined for the fourth week in a row and the indexes in Spain, Portugal and Greece dropped near one-year low. Gross domestic product in Spain declined 0.1% in the fourth quarter to December. Hermes reported 8.6% sales increase and a higher net. LVMH net declined 13%.

UK Stocks Down on Weak Commodities, Sentiment

Mayank Mehta
05 Feb, 2010
New York City

UK stocks closed lower on weak metals and energy prices. Xstrata, Vedanta and Rio Tinto declined more than 3%. ICAP Plc, the inter-broker dealer plunged 18% after it lowered the earnings estimate. Liberty International is looking to split the company into two separate listed units.

Airgas Surges 40%; UPS Raises Dividend

Mayank Mehta
05 Feb, 2010
New York City

Airgas Inc surged 40% after Air Products said it may take its $60 a share offer direct to shareholders. Aetna profit declined 15% as underwriting margin falls. Tyson Foods posts higher than expected fourth quarter profit. Weyerhaeuser quarterly loss narrows. UPS board raises dividend.

Jobless Rate Declines to 9.7%; Euro Worries

123jump.com Staff
05 Feb, 2010
New York City

U.S. stocks were searching for direction in the early trading. January unemployment rate declined to 9.7%. Investors remained unconvinced that Spain, Portugal and Greece have a viable plan to lower their budget deficit and the dollar edged higher.

Akamai Technologies Q4 Earnings Call Transcript

123jump.com Staff
05 Feb, 2010
New York City

The Internet applications and content delivery solutions provider quarterly revenue rose 12% to $238.3 million. Net quarterly income declined 1% to $40.1 million hurt by higher expenses. Earnings per share dipped to 21 cents from 22 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Amazon.com Q4 Earnings Call Transcript

123jump.com Staff
05 Feb, 2010
New York City

Amazon reported 42% revenue growth to $9.52 billion for fourth quarter of 2009 with net income zooming by 70.7% to $384 million. Earnings per share were 85 cents as against 52 cents for the prior year quarter. Net sales for first quarter 2010 are expected to be between $6.45 billion to $7 billion.

China Regulators Worry Bad Debts; Lenovo Profit

123jump.com Staff
04 Feb, 2010
New York City

Stocks in Shanghai and Hong Kong declined on the weakness in global markets. Chinese banking regulators said that a drop of 10% in real estate values will increase bad loans three folds and 30% drop will cause bad loans to surge five-fold. Lenovo Group returns to profit in third quarter.

Myer, Australia Stocks Fall on Weak Retail Sales

123jump.com Staff
04 Feb, 2010
New York City

Stocks in Australia edged lower after weaker than expected retail sales and a weak global markets sentiment. Australia