Taleo Provides Q4 Business Update; Caps Powerful 2008

-- Signed A Record 27 New Enterprise Edition(TM) Customers
-- Closed A Record 12 Large Enterprise Deals
-- Enters 2009 with over $315 Million in Contracted Application Revenue
Backlog
-- Launches Performance Management Capabilities for SMB Market
-- Garners Leadership, Vision Accolades from Industry Analysts
Taleo (NASDAQ: TLEO), the leading provider of on demand talent management
solutions, today announced a business update for the fourth Read the rest of this entry »

AGI Therapeutics plc announces Research Update

AGI Therapeutics
AGI completes patient enrolment in first RezularTM pivotal Phase III
study
- On target to report top-line results by end Q2 -
Dublin, Ireland, 20 January 2009 - AGI Therapeutics plc ("AGI" or
the"Company") (AIM, IEX: AGI), a speciality pharmaceutical development
company focused on gastrointestinal drug products, today announces the
completion of patient enrolment for ARDIS 1, the first pivotal Phase
III efficacy study of RezularTM. Read the rest of this entry »

Daily Market Update by RW Colby, TraderPlanet.com

Updated on Friday, February 13, 2009, prices as of the close
since August, 2004, in simulation.
.
Special note on ProFunds ETFs: ProFunds Group declared very large capital gains distributions for 35 Short and UltraShort ETFs. These Short ETFs traded ex-dividend on Tuesday, 12/23/2008, resulting in substantial declines in the prices, amounting to 20% or more in some cases. These price drops do not represent a real loss of wealth, since investors Read the rest of this entry »

Daily Stock Market Update

Stock Market: 5-day uptrend broken.
The S&P 500 closed with its biggest loss since 12/1/08.
This week's 8-week upside breakout could have been a trap for the growing ranks of Bulls.
There are more Bulls than Bears according to the Investors Intelligence survey of stock market newsletter advisors.
The Short-term Minor Ripple Trend appears to have changed direction to the downside. I always say such trends are most unpredictable.
Financial Read the rest of this entry »

UPDATE 1-Costco quarterly profit up slightly

* Q1 adjusted EPS $0.65 vs analysts' view $0.62
* Q1 same-store sales up 1 pct
(Adds details, background in paragraphs 5-9)
NEW YORK, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Costco Wholesale Corp's
(COST.O:
,
,
,
) quarterly profit rose slightly as strong results from
its gasoline stations helped to offset weak consumer demand for
all but the most essential household items.
Net income rose to $262.5 million, or 60 cents per share,
for the fiscal first quarter Read the rest of this entry »

UPDATE 1-Russia's Comstar says Q3 earnings up, cuts capex

* OIBDA of $184.8 mln tops average forecast of $163.6 mln
* London-traded shares up 8.3 pct
(Adds capex cut, net income, quotes, share price)
MOSCOW, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Russian fixed-line telecoms
operator Comstar (CMSTq.L:
,
,
,
) reported a 22 percent year-on-year
increase in third-quarter core earnings, but said on Friday it
would cut capital expenditure due to the financial crisis.
Comstar said its adjusted operating income before
depreciation Read the rest of this entry »

UPDATE 1-J Crew posts lower profit, cuts full year view

* FY EPS outlook cut to $1.11-$1.16 from pvs $1.44-$1.54
* Street expecting FY EPS $1.33
* Shares fall 11.3 pct after-hours, erasing day's gain
(Adds CEO comments, other details)
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Retailer J Crew Group Inc
(JCG.N:
,
,
,
) posted a lower quarterly profit and cut its full-year
outlook as shoppers pull back further on clothing purchases in a
shrinking U.S. economy, sending shares down 11.3 percent in
extended Read the rest of this entry »

Daily Stock Market Update

Stock Market: Day 2 of Spinning Tops and Minor Downside Reversals.
An 8-week upside breakout requires follow-through for confirmation. But now, follow-through is lackluster at best, with reversals, choppy action, and volume that is only at modest levels.
For the second consecutive day, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite briefly broke out to new 8-week price highs intraday, but the market rejected the higher prices and the indexes closed well Read the rest of this entry »

UPDATE 1-Taiwan's Acer says Q4 profit may beat expectations

TAIPEI, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Acer Inc (2353.TW:
,
,
,
), the world's
No. 3 PC vendor, could see fourth-quarter profit exceed its
initial expectations due to effective cost control in the
current global downturn, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.
The company has not publicly disclosed any profit forecasts
in the past, the spokeswoman said, declining to give any further
details.
Analysts are expecting the company to post a fourth-quarter
net Read the rest of this entry »

UPDATE: Xerox Pegs 2009 Profit Forecast Within Wall Street's Range

Xerox Corp.
$1.25
a share, with operating profit estimated at
$1.4 billion
$1.7
billion
, the company said Monday.
$1.15
a share.
The Norwalk, Conn.-based company (XRX) also said that it doesn't expect to
have to access the capital markets "in the foreseeable future," citing the
copier-technology company's cash flow and existing credit facilities.
in savings next year," said Chief Executive
in a
statement. The company anounced Read the rest of this entry »