morning call / aftermarket news

verfasst von leibovitz, 22.08.2002, 08:28

-->-Bush said that he was open to non-military ways of replacing Saddam Hussein
-IMF is worried about legislation governing Argentina's fragile banking
system, an Economy Ministry source said
-Three regional Fed presidents delivered fairly upbeat economic assessments,
damping expectations for a rate cut soon
-Thomson First Call is working on changes to its earnings-target reports that
will de-emphasize the single consensus number and usher in a broader range
of opinions (WSJ - Heard on the Street)
-The SEC is having difficulty finding qualified and willing candidates to
fill posts on the new accounting-oversight board (WSJ reported)
-European Executives will sign accounts oath for SEC, WSJ said
-Martha Stewart blacked out portions of the 1,000 pages of documents she
provided to the House panel investigating her sal of Imclone shares (Reuters)
-AOL Time Warner (AOL) deal with Worldcom, accounted for part of the $49 Mio
in advertising revenue that AOL acknowledged last week might have been booked
improperly, according to sources familiar with the matter (Wash. Post)
-JD Edwards (JDEC)'s Q3 net 8c (est. 6c), Revs $229.0 Mio (est. $222.0M)
-Aon Corp (AOC);s credit rating cut by S&P to A- from A, debt and cancelled
spinoff cited
-JP Morgan (JPM)'s credit rating on downgrade review by Moody's
-Procter & Gamble (PG): the FDA told P&G that it needs to create a clearer
label before it will be allowed to sell its Prilosec heartburn drug OTC
-Boeing (BA) machinists union threatened to strike, arguing that Boeing was
making unreasonable last minute proposals as a negotiation deadline looms
-US Airways (UAWGQ) plans to shrink mainline jet operations further
-Duke Energy (DUK) adjusted cut pretax earnings by $19 Mio after internal probe
-Earnings due Today: BKS 10c, BGP 3c, CIEN (-19c), LTD 12c, MYGN (-19c)

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