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Sotheby's (NYSE: BID) today announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. 2010 brought the best financial results for Sotheby's in its 267-year history, apart from 2007. Consolidated Sales* were $2.0 billion in the fourth quarter and $4.8 billion in the year, an...

Sotheby's (NYSE: BID) today announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. Consolidated Sales* were $2.0 billion in the fourth quarter and $4.8 billion in the year, an increase of 57% and 74%, respectively. For the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2010, total...

On Monday after the closing bell, venerable auction house Sotheby's (NYSE: BID) will be reporting their quarterly earnings results. The company is expected to report earnings per share of $1.32 on revenues of $297.96 million. In the year ago quarter, BID reported EPS of $0.67 on revenue of $218.28...

US stock futures are lower this morning, as investors are awaiting economic data, including personal income and pending home sales. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1 point to 12,109.00. Futures on the S&P 500 stock index slipped 1.60 points to 1,316.80 and Nasdaq 100 futures...

AES Corp (NYSE: AES) is expected to report its Q4 earnings at $0.25 per share on revenue of $3.80 billion. Edison International (NYSE: EIX) is projected to report its Q4 EPS at $0.60 on revenue of $4.20 billion. Armstrong World Industries Inc (NYSE: AWI) is estimated to post its Q4 EPS at $0.16...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Edison International (NYSE: EIX) to report its Q4 EPS at $0.60 on revenue of $4.20 billion. EIX shares gained 0.59% to close at $36.01 on Friday. Analysts are expecting Sotheby's (NYSE: BID) to have earned $1.32 per...

Many investors believe low price stocks are dead, even those that trade on the New York Stock Exchange (NYX). But look at Flotek Industries Inc. (FTK), the Houston based drilling supply company. The stock traded between 1.06 to 1.36 during the month of July last year. It closed at 6.53 on Friday....

Cusick's Corner oXSocialsphere was white hot with discussion on the rumored news of Gadhafi being shot, which took $2 out of the Crude and the market rallied to just below breakeven. As I mentioned in the Midday, the bid seemed to be lurking around and bit into the After Hours. The headline risk...

Carriage Services, Inc. (NYSE: CSV) today announced results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2010, as follows: Total Revenue of $48.1 million, an increase of 6.6% compared to $45.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2009; Record EPS of $0.45 per diluted share, an increase of 12.5% compared...

NutriSystem Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRI) is set to report earnings tonight after the bell. Wall Street analysts are looking for earnings of 25 cents per share, up 7 cents per share from last year. Revenue is expected to fall 5% to $100.24 million for this quarter. At last check, shares of Texas Instruments...

Cusick's Corner Looks like Colonel Gadhafi is singing a new tune, “I am leaving on a jet plane. I don't know when I'll be back again...” (I never thought I would ever incorporate a Peter, Paul & Mary song.) There are reports that Gadhafi is attempting to flee the country. While the initial...

H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) reports revenues of $850M vs. $880M Street consensus. H&R Block guides EPS of $0.16.

By Damian Thompson Is history repeating itself? It's seems like only yesterday we were lamenting “If the rise and fall of Blockbuster has taught us one thing, it's "evolve or fall by the wayside." Lo and behold after vanquishing the Blockbuster beast, Netflix (NFLX) has a new gladiator in the arena...

Courtesy of Karl Denninger, The Market Ticker Looks like the rumors are true…. Put a fork in Netflix – they're Here's the problem: You get more than the streaming (which incidentally I counted up at ~1,300 movies alone on Amazon this morning – all of which I can look at the titles of before...

Shares of H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) are lower on the session by 1.99%, trading at $14.25. Overall put volume is now running at 2.06x the daily average, with 59% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 7,864 contracts have traded on the session so far. H&R Block, Inc. has subsidiaries...