Applied Materials (AMAT) is expected to report poor first quarter earnings on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 with analysts expecting a 83.3% drop in earnings from a year ago.

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Heinz ( HNZ) and Medtronic ( MDT) on Tuesday, Applied Materials ( AMAT) on Wednesday, Hormel Food ( HRL) and Patterson Companies ( PDCO) on Thursday, and Tiffany ( TIF) on Friday.

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