Taken as a whole, all three main parties were in good heart and full of expectations for the battle ahead.
Shares of Petsmart (PETM) are trading higher after the company posted fiscal first quarter earnings which came in ahead of expectations and raised its full year outlook.
Despite the setbacks, "the board is confident of delivering its expectations for the full year", he said.
Since it is earnings season, the game of expectations versus reality is clearly in full swing.
The company also lifted its full-year revenue growth expectations to a gain of 33% from 26%.
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Darden affirmed its expectations for full-year sales growth of 6% to 7%, resulting in earnings growth of 4% to 7%.
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Last week Wood Group gave an upbeat assessment of its own prospects, saying that conditions in energy markets remained favourable and it was confident of achieving full-year performance in line with expectations.
The retailer also forecast that its full-year profits would be at the top end of expectations.
Although the exact reason for the drawback is not known yet, Harman's fourth quarter and full year results did fall short of Wall Street's expectations.
The full barrage of Eurozone PMI released earlier was not too far off expectations.
Nintendo has lowered expectations of Wii U software sales by a full third, to 16 million units through March 2013.
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For the second quarter, the company was a little more cautious than consensus analyst expectations, but their outlook for the full fiscal year was well ahead of estimates.
The owner of the Harvester and All Bar One chains said that full-year earnings should meet expectations.
On Friday, the German business-software company confirmed its full-year forecast, but business development in the first quarter fell short of analysts' expectations.
While I have always felt a tremendous responsibility to guide them to reach their full potential as influential and innovative leaders of their generation, their accomplishments have exceeded even my wildest expectations.
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Big Blue posted a nice earnings beat for the quarter, and raised its profit guidance for the full year, but revenues came in flat with a year ago, falling a tad shy of Street expectations.
Although the Wal-Mart's fourth-quarter earnings were exactly in line with Wall Street's expectations, its first-quarter and full-year guidance range were on the wrong side of analyst's predictions.
Limited Brands gained 1.02, or 2.3%, to 45.52, as the retailer beat estimates for its revenue and unadjusted earnings, though the owner of the Victoria's Secret brand provided a first-quarter and full-year outlook below Wall Street expectations.
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