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Herman Miller toppt die Schätzungen um 10 Cents (MLHR) 14.97 -0.27: -- Update -- Reports Q1 EPS of $0.13, $0.10 better than the Multex consensus; revs were $346.9 mln, vs consensus of $345.0 mln. Expects Q2 EPS of $0.09-$0.14 on revs of $340-$360 mln, vs consensus of $0.10 and $380.0 mln.



MKS Instruments updates guidance; cuts workforce (MKSI) 11.10 -0.16: Company announces a workforce reduction of approximately 7%; says third quarter revenues are expected to be within the $85 to $90 million range of guidance given on July 30, 2002 -- current Multex consensus estimate is for revs of $87.5 million.


Merix übertrifft di Erwartungen um 2 Cents (MERX) 8.15 -0.43: Reports Q1 (Aug) loss of $0.20 per share, $0.02 better than the Multex consensus of ($0.22); revenues fell 12.8% year/year to $24.1 mln vs the $23.6 mln consensus.




Ingram Micro updates Q3 guidance (IM) 12.97 -0.24: Says Q3 sales will range from $5.30 to $5.45 billion vs the current Multex consensus estimate for sales of $5.40 billion; says Q3 earnings per share will range from $0.09 and $0.11 per share ex items vs the current Multex consensus estimate of $0.10 per share.




Paychex übertrifft die Planzahlen um 1 Cent (PAYX) 23.41 +0.17: Reports Q1 EPS of $0.20, $0.01 better than the Multex consensus; revs were $252.7 mln, vs consensus of $252.9 mln.



Darden Restaurant um 1 Cent besser als die Schätzungen (DRI) 23.55 +0.90: Reports Q1 (Aug) earnings of $0.40 per share, $0.01 better than the Multex consensus of $0.39; revenues rose 9.4% year/year to $1.17 bln vs the $1.17 bln consensus.



Gewinnwarnung bei EDS
Der Technologiegigant Electronic Data Systems (EDS) wartete unmittelbar nach Börsenschluss mit einer schockierenden Umsatz- und Gewinnwarnung auf: Die Nachfrage nach IT-Service-Produkten sei zuletzt deutlich gesunken, daher werde man die Erwartungen der Wall Street für das Q3 und Q4 des GJ 2002 deutlich verfehlen:

Anstelle der zuvor erwarteten 74 Cents/Aktie Gewinn für das Q3 rechne man nur noch mit 12-15 Cents/Aktie bei einem Umsatz von 5,3-5,5 Milliarden $. Im Q4 wolle man 57-59 Cents/Aktie erzielen, Analysten gehen aber von 88 Cents/Aktie Gewinn aus. Der Umsatz soll dann 5,5-5,7 Milliarden $ betragen.
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Nortel corp credit cut to B from BB- by S&P (NT) 0.81 -0.07:



Riverstone Ntwrks verfehlt Erwartungen um 10 Cents (RSTN) 0.70 +0.02: Reports Q2 pro forma loss of $0.31, $0.10 worse than the Multex consensus; revs were $10.7 mln, vs consensus of $11.5 mln.



Maverick Tube guides Q3 lower (MVK) 10.13 -0.68: Company warns for Q3 (Sep), expecting EPS of $0.00-0.03 vs Multex consensus of $0.08; sees revenues of $110-115 mln (Multex consensus $120 mln); says that, consistent with current industry conditions, volume and prices have not increased as expected during Q3.





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