Market Currents

• Thursday, November 5, 2009

• 09:05 AM CenturyTel (CTL): Q3 EPS of $0.90 beats by $0.09. Revenue of $1.87B (+188.3%) in-line. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable premarket earnings: ALD, BVF, CAH, CDE, CI, CNQ, CTL, CVS, DNR, DPS, DPTR, DTV, DYN, FTO, GNA, HK, KG, KIM, LAMR, MAC, MF, MGM, NDAQ, OCR, PCS, PXP, RRI, SE, SIRI, SLE, TDC, TWC, WEN, WW Comment!

• Thursday, August 6, 2009

• 08:55 AM CenturyTel (CTL): Q2 EPS of $0.83 beats by $0.03. Revenue of $634M (-3%) vs. $635M. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: AEE, ARE, BVF, BX, CLR, CMCSA, CNQ, CSE, CSIQ, CTL, DPTR, DSX, DTV, EAT, EP, FTO, FUQI, GLG, GNA, HPT, HUN, IAG, KG, LAMR, LINE, LXP, MF, MPEL, NDAQ, PCS, PXP, SIRI, TDC, TTI, WEN, WIN, WMB, WNR Comment!

• Tuesday, June 23, 2009

• 16:52 PM Now that Embarq (EQ +1%) and CenturyTel (CTL +0.8%) have agreed to provide faster Internet speeds to rural customers, the FCC may decide this week in favor of their $11B merger - the last regulatory hurdle facing the deal. Comment!

• Thursday, April 30, 2009

• 08:45 AM CenturyTel (CTL): Q1 EPS of $0.82 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $635M (-2%) vs. $634M. Shares +2.0% premarket. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: APA, ASH, AZN, BC, BWA, CAH, CELG, CI, CINF, CL, CLI, CMCSA, CMS, COCO, COV, CTL, D, DLR, DOW, EK, ENTG, EQT, ERIC, EXPE, FAF, GTI, HOT, HP, IP, IRM, K, KBR, KIM, KSU, LKQX, LNT, MRO, MOT, MYL, NBL, NEM, NRG, NWL, NYX, OC, OCR, OMX, OSK, PDE, PEI, PG, PTEN, RGC, RYN, SEPR, SPR, SWY, TRV, TSM, TYC, VIA.B, WMB, WPI, XEL, XOM Comment!

• Thursday, February 19, 2009

• 08:38 AM CenturyTel (CTL): Q4 EPS of $0.88 beats by $0.06. Revenue of $642.6M (-2.3%) vs. $642.2M. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: APA, CTL, CVS, DSX, EXPE, GG, GLBL, GNA, MGM, NBL, NEM, PDCO, PDE, RGC, RS, S, WMB, WPI, XTO Comment!

• Monday, October 27, 2008

• 09:27 AM Premarket losers: THOR -14%. AZ -12%. SI -12%. CTL -12%. SNP -11%. LFC -11%. CEO -11%. TTM -11%. PTR -10%. L -10%. AXA -10%. ACH -10%. DB -9%. CS -10%. AAUK -10%. AEG -9%. CGV -9%. RTP -9%. JAVA -8%. DAI -8%. WPPGY -8%. Comment!
• 07:26 AM Confirmed: CenturyTel (CTL) is buying larger rival Embarq (EQ) for about $5.76B in shares excluding debt, a 36% premium to Embarq's Friday close. Embarq shareholders will own 66% and CenturyTel 34% of the combined company. (PR) Comment!
• 06:43 AM CenturyTel (CTL) is set to buy larger rival Embarq (EQ) for about $5.76B in stock excluding debt, sources say. The deal marks a significant step toward the much-anticipated consolidation of U.S. regional phone carriers. Comment!

• Thursday, July 31, 2008

• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open I: ABX, ADP, AEP, AET, AIZ, APA, AZN, BCO, BPO, BWA, CBB, CBS, CEG, CLI, CNX, COT, CTL, CVC, CVS, D, DSX, EK, EXPE, FAF, FPL, FTE, GG, GT, HP, IP Comment!