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Capital One Financial sinks on dismal quarterly report

Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) is trading over 5 percent lower today after the company reported a 41 percent drop in fourth quarter net income as marketing and operation expenses increased.

For the last three months of the 2011 fiscal year …

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Goldman Sachs rallies after smashing 4Q expectations

Goldman Sach (NYSE:GS) shares have surged after the company reported its fourth quarter financials which showed a return to profits for the investment bank.

The company posted a net income in the fourth quarter of $978 million, or $1.84 per …

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Medicis Pharmaceutical drops after lowering 4Q outlook

Medicis Pharmaceuticals Corp. (NYSE:MRX) is trading over 2.2 percent lower today after the company cut its fourth quarter outlook due to new long term supply deals its is negotiating for its Solodyn acne drug.

The company said that it has …

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Towers Watson drops despite huge increase in 1Q profits

Towers Watson & Co. (NYSE:TW) dropped over a percent on Monday after the company released its results for the first quarter. The company said that higher revenue from its risk and financial services and benefits unit helped push net income …

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Oil prices rise as economy appears better than we expected

Oil gained over 2 percent on Thursday after improved economic news from the U.S. and Europe was released.

Two reports from the U.S. showed encouraging signs that the economy is doing better than we expected. The first was from the …

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Walgreen’s in a nutshell

Walgreen Co. (NYSE:WAG) is sitting 4.5 percent lower today despite reporting a 69 percent jump in its fourth quarter earnings. The jump in earnings was largely related to the $525 million sale of the company’s pharmacy benefits management division.

The …

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