Shares of tech giant Apple Computer (AAPL) rose to a new all time high today after the company shattered analyst estimates for its fiscal second quarter. As we noted in our earnings preview for Apple, analysts had forecast earnings of $2.45 per share, and the company blew past those estimates with a reported $3.33. Once again the company got a big boost from iPhone sales, with 8.7 million new iPhones sold during ...

Earnings season continues to chug right along, and tomorrow we have some more big names due to report their quarterly earnings. Here are a few of the names reporting tomorrow: Coca Cola (KO) : Coca Cola will be reporting first quarter numbers tomorrow, and analysts have forecast $0.74 per share. During the same period last year Coca Cola had earnings of $0.65. Apple Computer (AAPL) : Apple is going to report fiscal ...

This afternoon after the market closed, search engine giant Google Inc. (GOOG) reported better than expected earnings for its first quarter. As we noted in our Google earnings preview, analysts had forecast earnings of $6.60 for the quarter. Google outpaced analyst earnings by posting earnings of $6.76 a share. Despite posting better than expected earnings figures, the stock traded down nearly 5% in after hours trading as investors reacted negatively to the ...

Home furnishing retailer Pier 1 Imports (PIR) is trading slightly higher today ahead of tomorrow's fourth quarter earnings report. With hopes building that the economic recovery is on solid footing, Wall Street will be looking for Pier 1 earnings as an indicator of just how much money people are putting back into their homes. For the quarter, analysts have forecast Pier 1 to report earnings of $0.31 per share. During the same ...

All of the major index's were higher today, following a strong round of earnings report this morning. The DOW closed the day up 0.7%, NASDAQ up 0.8% and the S&P rose 0.5%. Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) reported fiscal fourth quarter earnings last night following the market close, and easily outpaced analyst estimates. Analysts had been expecting to see the company report 41 cents per share, but the actual report was much higher ...

This afternoon entertainment giant Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) reported its fiscal fourth quarter earnings, and posted strong numbers that easily outpaced analyst estimates for the quarter. Going into this afternoon's earnings report, analysts had been expecting the company to post earnings of 41 cents per share. The company's actual earnings came in higher, with a reported 47 cents per share. For the same period last year the company had 40 cents ...