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Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) reported better-than-expected Q3 earnings due to strong rise in the demand for its iPhone and iPad devices. The company’s revenue increased 61% to $15.7 billion. AAPL’s shares jumped 3.40% to $260.45 in pre-market...

Shares of Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) moved down after the company posted a three-fold rise in its Q2 profit, while its revenue for the same period missed Wall Street expectations, with Nokia Corp (NYSE: NOK) reporting weaker-than-expected sales. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) also...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Last August, PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) announced what would become one of the most highly discussed deals in the business world: the $7.8 billion acquisition of its two largest bottlers -- Pepsi Bottling Group and PepsiAmericas. Completed in March, the deal has been hailed as one...

• State Street(NYSE:STT) posted in-line second quarter earnings of 93 cents on in-line revenues of $2.3 billion, up 8.6% from a year ago • Biogen Idec (NASDAQ:BIIB) reported estimate-topping earnings of $1.31, above Zacks estimates of $1.08, on an 11% increase in revenues to $1.2 billion, up from...

PetMed Express Inc (NASDAQ: PETS) was downgraded by Piper Jaffray from “neutral” to “underweight.” PETS’ shares closed at $16.66 yesterday. PetMed Express’ 52-week trading range is $15.07-$24.50. Societe Generale downgraded Infosys Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: INFY) from "hold" to "sell." INFY’s...

US stock futures fell today after results of IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) fell short of expectations. While futures on the Down Jones industrial average fell 70 points to 9990, those on the S&P 500 lost 8.3 points to 1055.5. Meanwhile, Nasdaq 100 futures slipped 14.75...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Yahoo Inc (NASDAQ: YHOO) to post its Q2 EPS at $0.14 on $1.16 billion of revenue. YHOO’s shares lost 0.60% to $15.01 in after-hours trading. Analysts are expecting Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) to have earned $3.07 per share...

Pepsico (NYSE: PEP) has reported Q2 EPS of $1.10 versus consensus of $1.08. PEP’s revenue came in at $14.8 billion, as compared to the Street view of $14.41 billion. For FY10, PEP is projecting 11%-13% growth in core constant currency earnings per share. Read more from Benzinga's Company news.

PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) Chief Financial Officer Hugh Johnston said: "We are benefiting from both the acquisition of our anchor bottlers earlier this year and from improving trends across our global business. As planned, we have stepped up incremental investments around the world to capitalize on...

Consumers’ growing pessimism about the economic recovery shook investors’ confidence on Friday, sending major averages off at least 2%, even as some companies reported better-than-anticipated quarterly numbers.  Financials led on the downside after some big names from the sector posted weaker-than-...

Developers Diversified Realty Corporation (NYSE: DDR) today announced advertising and sponsorship agreements with AT&T and Coca-Cola in Puerto Rico. Across the island leading brands and retailers continue to partner with Developers Diversified to grow their business. The Company has had an...

Friday stocks staged another retreat just when bulls were looking for upside follow-through. Instead of a nice push above the 50-day moving average, confirming the bullish trend, we got a 3% drop that wiped out more than a week's worth of gains. Now, charts are shaping to show lower highs and lower...

For the week of July 19th (in conjunction with Econoday): Earnings will dominate the calendar this week as many blue chips report.  On the economic front housing data will be in the spotlight.  Let’s take a look at what’s on tap: Monday – IBM reports after the bell. Housing Market Index 10:00 AM...