How is Google faring in this ailing US economy? Google’s earnings growth for the second quarter was a disappointment for investors, raising fears that the online search leader has finally stumbled.

Do your children a favor and go out and buy some Google stock while it is on sale. That is unless you think that Google, the Internet, Advertising and Youtube are just going to disappear.

JP Morgan is releasing earnings before the open of market tomorrow. Here is an option play that can realize big gains if the company releases good news, but break evens on bad news and if the stock really tanks then we make money either way.

Wells Fargo today announced second quarter earnings that show the bank is a stand out among other financial institutions

CSX will be reporting earnings after the close of market on Tusday 07/15/08.

Genentech will be releasing earnings after market close today. We have structured an options trade that will make money if the stock moves 2 points or more either way, with almost no downside. At most, you'll lost under a hundred dollars before commissions whereas if the stock moves 2 points or more, you make great money.

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Nathan’s Famous, Inc. (NASDAQ: NATH) recently announced positive year-end earnings of $0.75 per share for the 53 weeks ending on March 30, 2008, an 11.7 percent year-over-year increase compared to $0.68 per share during the previous period.

GameStop shares are sharply lower this morning despite better-than-expected results for its fiscal first quarter ended May 3.

Before March 2000, in the bull market, whisper numbers were all the rage. In fact, these estimates became so popular for the outlandish pre-”tech bubble” gainers that Wall Street often notched real estimates lower than actual expectations just to be able to “beat the consensus.” Today, earnings whispers are still used, but not as confidently as before.

Wal-Mart & Costco show good earnings, translates into a recession.

Crocs (CROX) released its first quarter numbers Wednesday after the closing bell. Revenue came in at $198.5 million. The company posted a loss of $4.5 million or 5 cents per share, well below the $24.9 million or 31 cents per share it earned in the comparable period a year ago.

The stock market continued its losses on Tuesday after Fannie Mae, D.R. Horton Inc. and Swiss bank UBS reported quarterly losses. We also recorded a new record for crude oil, $121.49.

Now that both credit card behemoths have issued earnings results (Visa for the first time as a public company) I thought it would be interesting to compare the results from each side by side.

While these figures don't exactly inspire confidence in Yahoo's abilities or the success of its future plans, they did beat market forecasts by about 2 cents per share. But its simply not enough to turn the tide in Yahoo's favor and put the brakes on Microsoft's takeover bid. Speaking of which, the language from Yahoo Execs. seems to have softened a bit.