H&R Block Inc.’s (HRB) first quarter (ended July 31) results were two cents below the Zacks Consensus Estimate as higher losses in its Tax Services segment more than offset the gains from improved pre-season results from Business Services and lower corporate expenses. For the quarter, the company reported a net loss from continuing operations of 39 [...]

(HRB) H&R Block Misses Estimates

Welcome to the July 13, 2009 edition of Festival of Stocks. The Festival of Stocks is a blog carnival dedicated to highlighting bloggers best posts on stock market related topics. Fat Pitch Financials is the actual birth place of this online weekly event, so it is always a special occasion when I get the chance [...]

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Monday:
Economic Construction Spending (-0.9%), ISM (38.0)
Earnings Shanda (SNDA), Zoltek (ZOLT)

Tuesday:
Economic Truck / Auto
Earnings Beazer (BZH), Sears (SHLD), Solarfun (SOLF), Staples (SPLS), Marvell (MRVL)

Wednesday:
Economic Weekly Crude, ADP (-173K), Productivity (0.9%), ISM Services (42.6), Beige Book
Earnings Del Monte (DLM), Aeropostale (ARO), AeroVironment (AVAV), Casey’s (CASY), Diamond Foods (DMND), Synopsys (SNPS)

Thursday:
Economic Weekly Claims, Factory Orders (-2.7%)
Earnings Argon (STST), Jackson Hewitt (JTX), Sanderson (SAFM), Movado (MOV), Toll Bros (TOL), UTI World (UTIW), Williams Sonoma (WSM), Comtech (CMTL), Guess (GES), Teekay (TK)

Friday:
Economic Monthly Jobs (-300K, 6.8%, 0.2%)
Earnings Big Lots (BIG)