U.S. Q2 earnings forecasts rise - survey
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Wall Street is raising estimates of second-quarter earnings growth, estimating profits will be up 5.9 percent on average, according to Reuters Estimates, which compiles analysts' forecasts weekly for the Standard & Poor's 500 index .
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The second-quarter report, a record for the firm, potentially augurs a good week for Wall Street earnings reports.
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U.S. consumer sentiment rose in  January to its highest in two years on favorable expectations  for the U.S. economy and for higher wage gains, a survey showed  on Friday.
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Shares of Quest Software Inc. rose on Monday, after the company offered a preliminary second-quarter forecast above Wall Street expectations.
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Retailer Best Buy Co  reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings on Tuesday, helped by international sales and demand for computers and video games, and raised its full-year profit forecast, pushing its shares up more than 5 percent.
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US stocks were modestly higher at mid-morning on Monday, as investors looked to the start of second quarter earnings this week with confidence.
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Forest Laboratories (nyse: FRX - news - people ) said strong sales volume will propel fiscal second-quarter earnings higher than previously expected.
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The second-quarter results topped analyst expectations and the grocery chain raised its outlook for the year.
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U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday as a report showing an unexpectedly robust services sector boosted hopes that profit growth would withstand fallout from a slowing housing market.
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U.S. stocks rose on Monday at the start of the earnings reporting season as investors bet companies will beat profit forecasts following signs of strength in the economy.
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Will investors see a sharp earnings increase in 2005?
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Stock index futures remained higher on Tuesday after investment bank Goldman Sachs Group  reported its fourth-quarter earnings rose.
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FedEx Corp. (FDX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday raised its earnings forecast for the fiscal first quarter and full year, citing strong demand for its international express, ground and less-than-truckload services.
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Short-term Treasury yields climbed  toward two-year highs on Friday as investors bet the latest  U.S. jobs report was solid enough to keep the Federal Reserve  raising interest rates.
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Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy Co. said Wednesday that second-quarter earnings rose on cost controls and improved margins to beat Wall Street expectations.
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Revenues in key sectors of the US services industry grew in the second quarter, the government said on Monday in a new survey aimed at measuring growth in the giant tranche of the economy.
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U.S. stocks rallied on Wednesday as   strong earnings reports and the Federal Reserve's decision to   leave interest rates unchanged for the second consecutive month   increased optimism about the coming quarter and a "soft   landing" for the U.S. economy.