Williams-Sonoma Lowers Forecast
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Housewares retailer Williams-Sonoma  Inc. WSM.N on Thursday cut its forecasts for fourth-quarter  sales and earnings per share, and its shares fell 6 percent.
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LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) -- Shares of Williams-Sonoma fell as much as 7 percent Thursday after the home-furnishings retailer reported higher third-quarter earnings but lowered its forecast for the fourth quarter.
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Upscale housewares retailer Williams-Sonoma Inc.  on Tuesday said sales at its stores open at least a year were flat over the eight-week holiday period compared with a year earlier.
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Newmont Mining Corp. NEM.N on   Wednesday cut its forecast for gold sales this year and next   because of a loss of business in Uzbekistan, lower output in   Ghana, and the sale of a Canadian unit.
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Shares of Sharper Image Corp. SHRP.O  fell 14.7 percent before the bell on Monday after the specialty  retailer lowered its earnings estimates on   weaker-than-expected holiday sales.
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The leading realty trade group on Wednesday cut its 2007 forecast for U.S. home sales and prices, saying both would slide this year with sales hitting a five-year low.
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U.S. stock index futures indicated a weaker open on Wall Street before a report forecast to show a dip in manufacturing activity last month.
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Dow Jones &amp; Co., a financial news provider and publisher of the Wall Street Journal, lowered third-quarter guidance on Wednesday, due to declining Journal advertising bookings for September.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Pulte Homes shares dropped nearly 8 percent Tuesday morning, after the home builder lowered its earnings outlook for this year.
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U.S. stocks were set to open lower on  Thursday, weighed down by disappointing earnings from eBay Inc.  and a lower-than-expected profit forecast from Qualcomm Inc. .
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Williams-Sonoma Inc.  on  Thursday said quarterly net profit rose, but it slashed its  outlook for the rest of the year, citing disappointing sales at  its Pottery Barn home decor chain and macroeconomic factors.
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Shares of U.S. home builders slid on  Friday after market leader D.R. Horton Inc.  slashed its  forecast and a report showed consumer confidence was eroding.
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U.S. stocks were set to open lower on  Friday after a government report showed weaker-than-expected  job growth in September.
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U.S. stock futures pointed to a lower  open on Thursday, weighed down by disappointing earnings from  online auctioneer eBay Inc. EBAY.O and a soft outlook from  wireless technology company Qualcomm Inc. QCOM.O late in the  previous session.
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The deep-discount retailer misses earnings projections and lowers its outlook.
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A steeper-than-expected drop in the   U.S. housing market pushed Lennar Corp.'s LEN.N quarterly   profit down 39 percent and prompted the home builder on Tuesday   to slash its forecast for the current period.
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A leading forecaster of advertising spending has again lowered his estimate for growth in the U.S. this year.