The news comes as brokerage firms post mixed results, with Bear Stearns announcing Thursday that it came short Wall Street's expectations (See "Fixed Income Bowls Over Bear"), as did Morgan Stanley on Wednesday (See "Morgan Stanley Can't Keep Up").
The news comes as brokerage firms post mixed results, with Bear Stearns (nyse: BSC - news - people ) announcing Thursday that it came short Wall Street's expectations (See "Fixed Income Bowls Over Bear"), as did Morgan Stanley (nyse: MS - news - people ) on Wednesday (See "Morgan Stanley Can't Keep Up").
Fertilizer stocks fell after surging earnings by Mosaic still came short of Wall Street's expectations.
Although sales at first blush looked strong they still slightly fell short of Wall Street expectations.
Without the gain, the company earned 48 cents per share, falling short of Wall Street's expectations.
Without the charge, the company's net income rose but fell short of Wall Street's forecasts.
The results were just short of Wall Street's expected 45 cents per share.
Despite robust sales gains, the cost of jet fuel caused net income to fall short of Wall Street forecasts.
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It penalizes those with lots of nonrecurring charges (Time Warner) or a habit of falling short of Wall Street earnings expectations (Wells Fargo).
In short, Wall Street makes it is hard to tell who helping your performance and who is hurting you while in baseball it is easy.
Investors kicked around Cardinal Health after a gimp unit of the medical products and services company pulled its first quarter short of Wall Street's 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.
Even figuring in the damage caused by the bursting of the housing bubble, the company's earnings still came in short of Wall Street's expected 43 cents per share.
The 2012 earnings also fell short of Wall Street expectations.
The former narrowed its quarterly loss but still fell short of Wall Street estimates, while the latter recorded a decline in profit but still managed to top consensus.
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Revenue fell short of Wall Street forecasts as well.
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General Mills reported fiscal second-quarter profits that fell short of Wall Street estimates Tuesday, as higher input costs and expenses contributed to pressure on the bottom line for the Minnesota-based snack food company.
While the results came up short of Wall Street forecasts, analysts said sales of its TV shows to overseas markets and to Web video services would continue to help make the company more resilient to economic swings.
We will continue to make investment decisions in light of long-term market leadership considerations rather than short-term profitability considerations or short-term Wall Street reactions.
The saga of the JPMorgan Whale illustrates, yet again, how accountability and responsibility are qualities and characteristics in devastatingly short supply on Wall Street.
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In late April, a skittish market sent the stock down 7% after the company fell short of the Wall Street consensus for quarterly profit by just a penny.
In spite of the dominance of Wall Street short-term financialism, not all businesses operate that way.
"It seems like every jurisdiction wants to get in on naked short-selling, " says Perrie Weiner, an attorney who has represented Wall Street against the naked short-selling crusaders.
Pecora immediately broadened the Senate investigation from short-selling to all Wall Street behaviour, starting with City Bank.
Corporate chieftains often complain about the pressure from Wall Street for short-term results.
Its revenue fell short of the expectations of Wall Street analysts.
In short, the interests of Wall Street executives are certainly aligned with that of clients and shareholders no matter what books like Bailout tell you.
The company expects earnings in the range of 60 to 64 cents in the quarter ending July 31st, well short of the 75 cents Wall Street was looking for.
The short-term sentiment on Wall Street is skittish to say the least as many feared that stocks would drop sharply after the State of the Union message but so far the futures are actually up slightly.
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