Weekend Barron's Highlights - Weekly Preview

(FB) Facebook isn't a scam as some investors have claimed, Barron's contends
Jun 3 at 18:47
(GE) General Electric investors have been slow to warm to CEO Immelt, Barron's says
Jun 3 at 18:13
(EPD) The allure of MLPs is getting stronger, Barron's contends
Jun 3 at 18:05
(NILE) Blue Nile could rally as gem prices stabilize, earnings improve, Barron's says
 Jun 3 at 18:03
(DECK) Barron's(6/4) UGGs Still Have Legs - COVER STORY
Jun 2 at 00:09

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  Coming Earnings

 Day                    Quarter  Consensus   Year   Ticker
                                  Estimate    Ago
M
Quanex Building Prod      2Q      $-0.07    $0.03    NX
Shuffle Master            2Q        0.20     0.14    SHFL
JDA Software Grp          1Q        0.57     0.45    JDAS
T
Bob Evans Farms           4Q        0.74     0.72    BOBE
Oxford Industries         1Q        1.07     1.16    OXM
United Nat Foods          3Q        0.56     0.48    UNFI
Christopher  &  Banks     1Q       -0.09             CBK
W
Men's Wearhouse           1Q        0.55     0.53    MW
Analogic                  3Q        0.62     0.35    ALOG
Measurement Special       4Q        0.44     0.53    MEAS
Brown-Forman 'B'          4Q        0.76     1.13    BFB
Greif Brothers 'A'        2Q        0.74     1.04    GEF
Cyberonics                4Q        0.35     0.26    CYBX
Pall                      3Q        0.80     0.72    PLL
Th
Cooper Co                 2Q        1.20     1.02    COO
Smucker (J.M.)            4Q        0.99     1.00    SJM
UTi Worldwide             1Q        0.16     0.13    UTIW
Agilysys                  4Q       -0.05    -1.97    AGYS
Comtech Telecomm          3Q        0.24     0.47    CMTL
Altera                    1Q        0.36     0.68    ALTR
Bio Reference Labs        2Q        0.32     0.26    BRLI
Quiksilver                2Q        0.02     0.09    ZQK
F
Piedmont Natural Gas      2Q        0.71     0.66    PNY
Oracle                    4Q        0.78     0.75    ORCL

(Earnings are diluted and report dates are tentative. All forecasts and

      historical numbers exclude extraordinary items by accounting definitions.)

Source: Thomson First Call

                    Consensus Estimate

Day   Time

                                                 Consesus Est  Last Period

M   10:00   April Factory Orders                   -0.2%        -1.5%
W    8:30   Q1 Productivity (Final)                -0.7%        -0.5%
Th  15:00   April Consumer Credit                 $10.65 bil   $21.36 bil
F    8:30   April International Trade            -$49.50 bil  -$51.83 bil
    10:00   April Wholesale Inventories             0.5%         0.3%

Unless otherwise indicated, times are Eastern. f-Final; p-Preliminary; r-Revised
Source: Bloomberg