The following U.S. companies reported higher earnings per share for their latest quarter (end date of the quarter is noted in the last column).

Earnings estimates provided by Bloomberg.

TICKER                                             EST
SYM     COMPANY               Q11    Q10   % CHG    Q11   % CHG   Q/E
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HNR     HARVEST NATURAL      0.33   0.08   312.5   0.20    65.0   Dec
ORCC    ONLINE RES CORP      0.08   0.03   166.7   0.05    60.0   Dec
TA      TRAVELCENTERS       -0.09  -1.71    94.7  -0.40    77.5   Dec
SCHL    SCHOLASTIC CORP     -0.04  -0.68    94.1  -0.70    94.3   Feb
XOMA    XOMA CORP           -0.34  -0.84    59.5  -0.25   -36.0   Dec
GLPW    GLOBAL POWER EQU     0.43   0.27    59.3   0.18   138.9   Dec
STON    STONEMOR PARTNER    -0.11  -0.25    56.0   0.01      NM   Dec
PGNX    PROGENICS PHARM     -0.32  -0.57    43.9  -0.29   -10.3   Dec
VTG     VANTAGE DRILLING    -0.03  -0.05    40.0  -0.04    25.0   Dec
TICKER                                             EST
SYM     COMPANY               Q11    Q10   % CHG    Q11   % CHG   Q/E
========================================================================
ARNA    ARENA PHARMACEUT    -0.16  -0.23    30.4  -0.15    -6.7   Dec
CATO    CATO CORP-A          0.35   0.27    29.6   0.34     2.9   Jan
USEG    US ENERGY CORP      -0.05  -0.07    28.6   0.00      na   Dec
URZ#    URANERZ ENERGY C    -0.03  -0.04    25.0     na      na   Dec
ROST*   ROSS STORES INC      0.85   0.69    23.2   0.85     0.0   Jan
RUE     RUE21 INC            0.52   0.44    18.2   0.49     6.1   Jan
VTUS#   VENTRUS BIOSCIEN    -1.51  -1.69    10.7  -1.01   -49.5   Dec
GNMK    GENMARK DIAGNOST    -0.27  -0.30    10.0  -0.27     0.0   Dec
HWCC    HOUSTON WIRE & C     0.17   0.16     6.3   0.25   -32.0   Dec

Number of companies reporting higher earnings today:           18
Total number of companies reporting earnings today:            48

* - Company in Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.
# - Company reported in the late afternoon.

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