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The blended earnings growth rate for the S&P 500 for Q3 2009, combining actual numbers for companies that have reported, and estimates for companies yet to report rose to -14.8% from -15.5% in the previous day.
As of October 1st, the earnings growth rate was at -24.8%.Of the 440 S&P 500 companies who have reported Q3, 80% beat estimates, 6% were in-line, and 14% were below estimates.  The blended earnings growth rate for the S&P 500 for Q3 2009 is currently at -14.8%. (Data provided by Thomson Reuters)

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JC Penney Profit Drops, Forecast Falls Short
By: CNBC.com with Wires | 14 Nov 2008 | 08:21 AM ET
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JCPenney said Friday third-quarter profit fell as same-store sales for the period fell 10 percent.

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The department store operator [JCP  Loading...      ()   ] also issued a forecast for the fourth-quarter that is lower than analysts were expecting, and warned that it expects challenging conditions to persist well into 2009.

The company said it is well-positioned in the current environment.

JCPenney's third-quarter profit fell to $124 million, or 55 cents a share, from $261 million, or $1.17, a year earlier.

Sales fell 8.7% to $4.32 billion.

The company forecast fourth-quarter profit of 90 cents to $1.05 a share with sales declining as much as 9%.

Analysts, on average, estimated the department store operator to earn 53 cents a share in the third quarter and $1.32 for the fourth quarter, according to Thomson Reuters.

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