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   July 23, 2008 @ 9:08 PM EDT
TODAY'S COMMENTS
6:34pm Arrow Electronics, Inc. Shares of Arrow were up substantially today after the company reported results...
5:34pm Anheuser-Busch BUD's steady sales and profit gains for its second quarter were overshadowed by its recent...
4:46pm Hershey Foods Hershey reported mixed results for its second quarter. Although sales comparisons improved,...
3:40pm Whirlpool Corporation Whirlpool reported better than expected results for its second quarter. The world's...
12:32pm ConocoPhillips Predictably strong second quarter earnings from ConocoPhillips, dominated by upstream strength,...
11:36am General Motors Exactly a year ago, General Motors started hosting global sales conferences, probably to...
11:17am Boeing As domestic airlines falter, it's only natural for the markets to fret about Boeing. But the fact that...
10:28am Hexcel Hexcel continues to benefit from aircraft makers' increasing use of composite materials as well as the...
9:54am Exelon Exelon Corp second quarter earnings were better than expected, driven primarily by strong performance at...
7:28am Revlon Revlon's credit quality is improving. The company recently reported strong preliminary second quarter...
7:19am Steel Dynamics Steel Dynamics' second quarter results were very strong, with both financial and operational...
6:26am AK Steel AKS reported very strong second quarter results, characterized by record sales, shipments and...
TODAY'S REPORTS
Investment Grade
United Parcel Service  United Parcel Service reported mixed results yesterday for its second quarter. The world's largest package delivery company is under pressure...
XTO Energy  We get anxious when a company issues multiple press releases in the same day. Maybe we fear being overwhelmed by content, thereby overlooking potentially bad...
High Yield
General Motors  We've written about General Motors so much lately, we almost feel like one of those crazy celebrity stalkers. But GM is one of the most important names in...
AK Steel, Steel Dynamics  Earlier this week, AK Steel (AKS) and Steel Dynamics (SDI) reported strong second quarter results. Both beat consensus estimates and...
YESTERDAY'S COMMENTS
8:38pm American Express American Express had already warned in June that it was seeing "credit indicators...
7:16pm Boston Scientific BSX is up to its old tricks again, adjusting its brains out in ways that - surprise - make...
5:58pm WCI Communities WCI's offer to exchange its 4% unsecured convertible notes is not going well. We pointed out...
2:00pm XTO Energy XTO Energy reported second quarter earnings that exceeded expectations. XTO also announced another...
1:54pm U.S. Concrete US Concrete lowered EBIDA guidance for the second quarter to $18.5-$19.5 million from $21-$27...
12:32pm Wabtec Wabtec beat market estimates again for the fourth straight quarter. It also increased guidance for 2008...
11:59am United Parcel Service UPS reported mixed results for its second quarter. Total revenue rose 6.7%, but this...
11:02am Halliburton Halliburton's second quarter earnings were about as expected, reflecting 20% consolidated revenue...
11:01am WCI Communities Wishin' don't make it so. WCI is not in play, despite reports that a press release was faxed...
YESTERDAY'S REPORTS
Investment Grade
Bank of America, Countrywide Financial  Bank of America managed to earn $3.4 billion in the second quarter, even after adding $2.2 billion to its loan loss...
Honeywell  Honeywell's strong second quarter results and increased full year guidance was not enough to pump up its stock price. Although management has deftly balanced...
High Yield
Crown Holdings  Crown Holdings' defensive food and beverage can business has managed to avoid the pitfalls of an economy in recession. Even though inflation has pushed the...
Continental Airlines  Continental Airlines followed Delta and AMR in reporting a slightly smaller net loss than expected in the second quarter, even though its fuel...

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Countrywide 7/1 
Dish Network 6/23 
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Carl Blake on Chesapeake Energy "ANALYSIS-Chesapeake Energy's ambitious plans stoke caution" Quote - "They have a very aggressive plan."
Jul 15, 2008 | Reuters
Vicki Bryan on WCI "WCI shares plunge on investor committee dissolution" Quote - "The committee was dissolved because no one wants to invest further in such an overwhelmingly indebted company."
Jul 15, 2008 | American Banker
Kathleen Shanley on Freddie Mac "Auction Shows Strength in GSE Debt Market After U.S. Moves" Quote - "The scheduled auction "may be one reason why federal regulators were so anxious to get their announcement" out before the market opened that day."
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