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It’s just been raining guidance the past few days. Some companies are dropping it altogether, a few are reaffirming prior cuts, and many more are taking an axe to Q4 and 2009 estimates. Read why TI and FedEx had drastically different results after issuing profit warnings.

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Snap Interactive designs applications for use in many social networking programs. This is a relatively new space and is continuing to grow rapidly as millions of people join the social networking sites of Myspace.com, hi5.com, Facebook, and Bebo.

N-Viro International Corp., which handles biodegradable materials and waste and converts it to biofuel, showed a financially stronger company overall in its third quarter report. Revenues and gross profits are up and operating expenses are down for the company that has facilities in 10 states east of the Mississippi and another in Louisiana.

Intel reduces sales guidance, but within the ranges that stock markets have certainly discounted. Who is left out there surprised, besides the sell-side analysts that have terrible stockpickers for years?

Sharps Compliance Corp. announced record revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2009. Revenues jumped 26%, to $4.3 million, from the same quarter last year. Sharps also reported record customer billings of $4.7 million for the quarter, a 30% increase over the same period the year before

FreeStar Technology Corp. (FSRT.OB), a global payment processing and technology company headquartered in the Dominican Republic, announced today that the company has achieved record sales for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008. Sales skyrocketed 66% to over $6 million. Perhaps more remarkable is the fact that the company’s most significant projects are still in their infancy.

Riverbed Technology, Inc. (RVBD), a leading provider of wide-area data services (WDS) to companies that utilize wide-area networks (WAN), reported better than expected second quarter results yesterday after the close. Revenues increased 51% year-over-year to $81.6 million vs. analysts’ estimates of $77.0 million. The bottom line swung to a loss of $869,000 vs.

Ramtron International Corp. (RMTR), a leading developer of non-volatile ferroelectric random access memory (F-RAM) and microcontrollers for a wide range of markets, reported better than expected second quarter results. Revenues increased 27% year-over-year to $15.5 million vs. analysts’ estimates of $15.3 million.

The unique focus of its subsidiaries, StarTrak Systems and Alanco/TSI PRISM, contributed to the company’s positive fourth-quarter financial results. Alanco posted unaudited sales revenues for the period ended June 30, 2008, at $4.7 million, up 40 percent from the same period last year.

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.