Publishing

The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. (MHP), a publisher and provider of financial information and media services, is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter 2010 financial results on February 1, 2011. The current Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarter is 51 cents a share. For the quarter under review...

Shares of Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE: XOM) gained about 1.1% after the company reported 53% rise in its Q4 profit. XOM reported its earnings at $1.85 per share, up from $1.27 per share, in the year-ago quarter. The company's revenue increased to $105.2 billion from $89.8 billion. However, analysts were...

The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. (MHP), a publisher and provider of financial information and media services, is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter 2010 financial results on February 1, 2011. The current Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarter is 51 cents a share. For the quarter under review...

McLean, Virginia-based Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) released financial results on Monday morning. Gannett Co., Inc announced that its 4th quarter net income rose 30.3% to $174.1 million, or 72 cents per share, up from $133.6 million, or 56 cents per share, a year earlier. Excluding special items,...

Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) reported today that earnings per diluted share from continuing operations, on a GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) basis, for the fourth quarter of 2010 were $0.72 compared to $0.54 for the fourth quarter of 2009. Earnings per diluted share from continuing...

Below are the top publishing-book stocks on the NYSE in terms of cash. McGraw-Hill Companies Inc (The) (NYSE: MHP) had $1.36 billion in total cash and $1.20 billion in total debt for the latest quarter. Pearson, Plc (NYSE: PSO) had $755.78 million in total cash and $4.18 billion in total debt for...

Shares of Gannett Co. (NYSE: GCI) are lower on the session by 1.13%, trading at $14.86. Overall call volume is now running at 2.06x the daily average, with 71% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,578 contracts have traded on the session so far. Gannett Co., Inc. is an international...

The U.S. Energy Department's weekly inventory release showed a larger-than-expected drop in natural gas supplies, attributable to high heating demand on the back of cold weather conditions that swept across much of the nation. The Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report brought out by the Energy...

J.P. Morgan is out with its "Credit Rating Agency Update" and reiterates overweight on Moody's (NYSE: MCO) and The McGraw-Hill Corp. (NYSE: MHP). In a note to clients, J.P. Morgan writes, "We're reiterating our Overweight ratings on shares of McGraw-Hill and Moody's. The stocks posted a solid...

The U.S. Energy Department's weekly inventory release showed a larger-than-expected drop in natural gas supplies, attributable to high heating demand on the back of cold weather conditions that swept across much of the nation. The Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report brought out by the Energy...

L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. (LLL) reported fourth quarter earnings per share (EPS) of $2.37, up 23% year over year from $1.93 in the year-ago quarter. The quarterly figure comfortably surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.31. For the full year 2010, diluted EPS was up 8% year over...

L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. (LLL) reported fourth quarter earnings per share (EPS) of $2.37, up 23% year over year from $1.93 in the year-ago quarter. The quarterly figure comfortably surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.31. For the full year 2010, diluted EPS was up 8% year over...

L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. (LLL) reported fourth quarter earnings per share (EPS) of $2.37, up 23% year over year from $1.93 in the year-ago quarter. The quarterly figure comfortably surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.31. For the full year 2010, diluted EPS was up 8% year over...