Filed under: Earnings reports, Conventions and conferences, Economic data, Federal Reserve After testifying before a Senate committee about AIG (NYSE: AIG) last week, the Fed's Ben Bernanke participates in a Council of Foreign Relations event Monday evening. Economic data due to be released this wee...

“Everything that is important to this world will be solved by semiconductor technology.” That was the claim of National Semiconductor CEO and Chairman Brian Halla at the EcoChip forum hosted at chip-maker Actel’s Silicon Valley campus Monday. It’s a tall order, of course, not...

Filed under: Earnings reports, Nokia Corp. (NOK), Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (KKD), H and R Block (HRB), Kroger Co (KR), Costco Wholesale (COST), FedEx Corp (FDX), Procter and Gamble (PG), Eastman Kodak (EK), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Dow Chemical (DOW), Texas Instruments (TXN), CKE Restaurants (CKR) Here...

Filed under: Earnings reports Analogic Corp. (NASDAQ: ALOG), National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: NSM), and Toro Co. (NYSE: TTC) were among this week's big earnings losers as they struggle to adapt to dismal economic conditions. Analogic said its fiscal first-quarter profit fell 95% from a year ago t...

Filed under: Earnings reports, Forecasts, AutoZone Inc (AZO), H and R Block (HRB), Ciena Corp (CIEN), Kroger Co (KR), Costco Wholesale (COST) Even as the holiday season ramps up and the calendar quarter begins to wind down, earnings reports continue to dribble in. Among the companies scheduled to re...

Stupefying. The year-end total for tech sector job losses in 2008 is expected to reach 180,000, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas. That’s the largest annual job loss for the sector since 2003, when tech firms sacked some 228,325 employees. Not at all hard to believe given the news...

Filed under: Earnings reports, Microsoft (MSFT), PepsiCo (PEP), Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (KKD), Alcoa Inc (AA), Best Buy (BBY), Nortel Networks (NT), QUALCOMM Inc (QCOM), Texas Instruments (TXN), CMGI Inc (CMGI), Lehman Br Holdings (LEH) Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage...

Things are looking good for the bulls this morning. Intel had a good earnings report last night and this morning’s CPI seems to be a non-factor. On Today’s Calendar: 10:30 — Crude Inventories 2:00 — Fed’s Beige Book More Calendars: U.S. Earnings | Conf. Calls | Surprise...