Shares of Apollo Group (APOL) are off sharply in premarket trading after the company reported that it had swung to a loss during its fiscal second quarter. Going into this morning's earnings report, analysts had been expecting to see Apollo Group report earnings of $0.69 for its fiscal second quarter. Adjusted earnings were higher than estimates at $0.84 per share, but actual results showed a loss of $0.45 per share. The primary ...

Shares of Xerox (XRX) are soaring today, and set a new 52 week high today after posting better than expected first quarter numbers. Going into this mornings earnings report, analysts were forecasting $0.15 per share, verses $0.05 during the same period last year. Actual earnings came in well above estimates, at $0.18 per share excluding special items. Revenues were up by 33% during the quarter to $4.7 billion. Analysts had forecast revenues of ...

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 ...