Market Update Close: The market found its footing after lunch, taken higher by some broad-based buying efforts. Though the indices managed to close with modest gains, they were well pared during the final half hour of trading. Lacking much market-moving news, the corporate and economic fronts left investors without any strong catalysts. The EIA's latest energy inventory report sat center stage but had little effect on overall trading -- except for within the Energy sector, that is. Much better than expected builds in crude and gasoline initially sparked a sharp decline in crude futures contracts; in...
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1:41 pm PT Kintera reports in-line (KNTA) :Reports Q3 (Sep) loss of $0.27 per share, in-line with the Reuters Estimates consensus of ($0.27); revenues rose 72.6% year/year to $12.1 mln vs the $11.4 mln consensus.
1:41 pm PT interVideo beats by 2 cents issues in-line guidance (IVII) :Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $0.20 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.02 better than the Reuters Estimates consensus of $0.18; revenues rose 56.8% year/year to $29 mln vs the $28 mln consensus. Co issues in-line guidance for Q4, sees EPS of $0.17-0.19 vs. $0.19 consensus; sees Q4 revs of $29-31 mln vs. $30.77 mln consensus.
1:38 pm PT PlanetOut beats by $0.01 (LGBT) 7.51 +0.40: -Update- Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $0.05 per share, $0.01 better than the Reuters Estimates consensus of $0.04; revenues rose 19.7% year/year to $7.6 mln vs the $7.8 mln consensus. Co sees FY05 revenue of $30-32 mln, in-line with consensus of $31.3 mln. Note, this guidance excludes the LPI acquisition announced today (see 16:32 comment).