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Highlights on the earnings front this week will be the reports from FedEx (NYSE: FDX) and Oracle (NYSE: ORCL). Analysts are looking for marginal year-over-year growth of earnings and revenues from both of them. Others on deck to share quarterly results this week include General Mills (NYSE: GIS),...

This looks to be another quiet week on the earnings front, while attention is on questions such as whether the United States will take action in Syria and when the Federal Reserve will begin tapering its quantitative easing efforts. But Kroger (NYSE: KR) and Lululemon Athletica (NYSE: LULU) will...

Quarterly reports from FedEx (NYSE: FDX), Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Kroger (NYSE: KR) will be among the highlights on the earnings front this week. Here is a quick look at what analysts are expecting from these and some of the week's other, most prominent earnings reports. See also: Weekly...

Things will be quiet on the earnings front again this week, with H&R Block and PVH the only S&P 500 members on the schedule. Here is a quick look at the expectations for those results, as well as from Navistar, Lululemon Athletica, Smithfield Foods and some of the week's other most...

In the wake of upbeat presentations last week at Oppenheimer's 8th Annual Industrial Growth Summit in New York City, the firm has become more optimistic about the stocks of logistic services providers. In particular, the Oppenheimer analysts favor FedEx (NYSE: FDX), Landstar System (NASDAQ: LSTR...

This may arouse confusing feelings about how to react - should you laugh, cry, or throw a major stomping/screaming fit like the toddler in 8C (that did it for the entire flight)? Seriously, airline fees are getting out of control—so much so that you would have to think these fees are a misprint...

FedEx (NYSE: FDX) needed this. It’s been a rough 2013 for FedEx longs as they’ve watched the stock fall more than 15 percent after an impressive run to a high of $109 in March. Then, disappointing earnings, news of layoffs and adjusted guidance sent the stock plummeting. Judging by after-...

FedEx (NYSE: FDX) is down another two percent in mid-day trading Thursday. Selling pressure remains on the stock after reporting disappointing earnings on Tuesday. However, on Thursday, analysts have come out in favor of this beaten down name. Oppenheimer analyst Patrick Villani reiterated an...

Here is a quick look at what analysts expect to see from FedEx (NYSE: FDX), Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), Nike (NYSE: NKE) and some of the other most prominent quarterly reports scheduled for this week. FedEx Third-quarter fiscal 2013 earnings from this ostensible economic bellwether are expected to...

With a $16 billion dollar loss and, at one point last year, down to just four days of available cash, there’s no doubt that something has to be done at the United States Postal Service.  That forecase came Wednesday, as the USPS announced it would end Saturday mail delivery beginning in August of...

The middle of the week will bring a cluster of quarterly reports ahead of the Christmas break. Foremost among them are results from economic bellwether FedEx (NYSE: FDX), which is expected to post lower earnings, Nike (NYSE: NKE), whose EPS are forecast to be the same as a year ago, and Oracle (...

This weekend in Barron's online: dealing with the fiscal cliff, special reports on retirement, and the prospects for Berkshire Hathaway. Cover Story "Shock Treatment" by Gene Epstein. "So I think it's really important for the fiscal policy makers to, you know, work together and find a solution...

FedEx (NYSE: FDX), an ostensible bellwether of the global economy, is on tap to share its most recent quarterly results this week, and analysts anticipate slightly lower per-share earnings compared to the same period a year ago. However, the forecasts for tech companies Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE...

There is not much on the earnings schedule again this week, so there will be little to distract from the Federal Reserve meeting, Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) big event and the German court ruling on the constitutionality of the eurozone bailout facilities. See also: Get in Line: iPhone 5 Production...

United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), the world's largest package company - and ostensibly a bellwether of the state of U.S. and global economic activity - is scheduled to report second-quarter 2012 results Tuesday, July 23, before the U.S. market opens. Expectations Analysts on average predict that...