The season for reporting second-quarter profits starts next week, but companies might start preannouncing results soon. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Mr. Klee and others nonetheless say that preannouncing a bankruptcy should be the exception to the rule, because it can startle trade creditors, customers and employees. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Those preannouncing or giving advance warning include door maker Masonite International Inc., auto-parts supplier Lear Corp., cable giant Charter Communications Inc. and amusement-park company Six Flags Inc. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Consider the ratio of companies preannouncing weaker results to those preannouncing stronger results: it is double normal levels, and at its highest reading since 2001, according to Thomson Reuters, though that partly stems from fewer companies offering positive guidance nowadays. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Earnings forecasts have helped: Tech companies preannouncing second-quarter results have produced positive surprises 41% of the time, better than the 36% for the S&P 500, according to Thomson Reuters. ❋ Unknown (2009)
There is also a sense that preannouncing a filing gives the company days or weeks to prepare customers, vendors and employees for the actual filing. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Wells Fargo sparked a market rally on Thursday by preannouncing some choice first-quarter tidbits. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The counterpoint began after Manzi criticized Microsoft for, among other things, preannouncing products years in advance and providing unequal access to operating systems. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Dell's earnings report comes two days after rival Hewlett-Packard Co. surprised Wall Street by preannouncing a better-than-expected profit for its fiscal fourth quarter. ❋ Unknown (2008)
International Business Machines Corp. surprised investors by preannouncing stronger-than-expected sales and earnings in the fourth quarter, leading to speculation that the U.S. economic slowdown may not be hurting technology companies as much as expected. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Since preannouncing its quarterly results a week ago, Lehman Brothers surprised Wall Street by shoving aside two top executives. ❋ Unknown (2008)
While Hewlett-Packard juiced the market earlier this week by preannouncing better-than-expected results, Dell could just as easily report numbers worse than analysts project, currently per-share profit of 31 cents. ❋ Unknown (2008)
But any idea that by preannouncing his resignation, he stopped speculation about the exact departure date has simply backfired. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Darling took a bit of the wind out of its own sails by preannouncing results for the fourth quarter a little while ago.
"In general we don't like preannouncing things," Jackson said on the panel, pointing out that users will want to try something when they hear about it. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Such was the case yesterday, when EA made much to do about an impending reveal from its Montreal studio, preannouncing that an announcement for the mystery project would be made on March 12. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Mr Darling's biggest mistake in the PreBudget Report (PBR) was to negate the benefits of his VAT cut by preannouncing a big increase in income tax and national insurance, but instead of learning from this mistake he decided to repeat it .... ❋ Unknown (2009)
