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On Wednesday, Las Vegas Sands LVS, the U.S. casino company best known for its Macau and Singapore properties, posted strong earnings and declared its first common stock dividend. Las Vegas Sands’ fourth quarter earnings, excluding one-time charges, …

America Online (AOL: Charts, News, Offers), the former Internet superstar that dominated dial-up services in the 1990s, released its fourth quarter earnings yesterday, posting a smaller than expected loss and a slight decrease in revenue. The compan…

Shares of Atlanta, Georgia based United Parcel Services (UPS: Charts, News, Offers) declined by -0.50 or -0.66% to $75.65 per share on Tuesday after the company reported fourth quarter net income dropped to $725 million or 74 cents per share from $1…

Delta Airlines (DAL: Charts, News, Offers) is looming large in the headlines as reports circulate regarding its possible takeover of rivals American Airlines and U.S. Airways (LCC: Charts, News, Offers). American Airlines’ parent company, AMR Corp.,…

At the end of last week, shares of AT&T (T: Charts, News, Offers) slid after it reported mixed earnings, beating the analyst consensus on revenue but missing on earnings per share. For the fourth quarter, the telecom giant reported a Non-GAAP ea…

This week, Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche launched a hostile bid for San Diego-based Illumina (ILMN: Charts, News, Offers), the market leader in gene sequencing technology, for $5.7 billion, or $44.50 per share. Roche has given Illumina ten days t…

On Tuesday, fast food giant McDonald’s (MCD: Charts, News, Offers) handily beat analyst estimates on both earnings and revenue, yet shares slid more than 2% on fears regarding exchange rates and volatile commodity costs in 2012. For its fourth quart…

Shares of EMC Corp. (EMC: Charts, News, Offers) rose +1.70 or +7.25% to $25.14 per share on Tuesday after the company reported a 32 percent increase in fourth quarter earnings. The record rise in earnings was due in part to increasing demand for dig…

Google’s Disappointing Earnings a Future Trend? After reporting a surprising decline in earnings last week, Google’s (GOOG: Charts, News, Offers) stock price slid a whopping 10% as investors began to worry – is the innovative tech giant becoming too big for its own good? Pessimists may see a huge company in its maturity stage and
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Last Thursday, search giant Google (GOOG: Charts, News, Offers) posted fourth quarter earnings that failed to impress Wall Street. As a result, shares slid in after hours trading and continued to lag the market on Friday. Google reported adjusted fo…