Company News for August 4, 2011 - Corporate Summary

•    Spectra Energy

posted Q2 EPS of $0.42, above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.40 per share. Revenues for the quarter rose 11.8% year-over-year to $1.19 billion, lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.204 billion

•    Comcast

reported Q2 EPS of $0.42, ex-items, marginally higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.41 per share. Revenues for the quarter rose 51% year-over-year to $14.3 billion, beating consensus estimates of $13.773 billion

•    Time Warner

posted adjusted Q2 EPS of $0.60, exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.56 per share. Revenues for the quarter rose 10.2% year-over-year to $7.03 billion, ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $6.788 billion

•    Marsh & McLennan Cos.

reported Q2 EPS of $0.50, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.48 per share. Revenues for the quarter rose 12% year-over-year to $2.93 billion, topping the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.81 billion

•    Customized traffic and news reports provider Global Traffic Network Inc

is to be acquired by GTCR LLC, a private equity firm for $14 per share. Following this development, share prices of Global Traffic jumped 19.62% to close at $13.96

•    Share prices of MasterCard Inc.

rose 13.39% after the company posted second quarter earnings figures that came in above market expectations

•    Utilities contractor Quanta Services, Inc.'s

  shares prices increased 10.90% after the company increased its revenue outlook for the 2011 fiscal

•    Analysts at Robert W. Baird downgraded Leap Wireless

to “Neutral” rating from an “Outperform” rating and reduced the target price to $11 from $19 per share

•    Shares of Marathon Oil Co.

were downgraded by analysts at Credit Suisse

to "Neutral" rating from “Outperform” rating with a target price of $36

•    Analysts at Robert W. Baird downgraded shares of MetroPCS Communications, Inc.

from an "Outperform" rating to a "Neutral" rating setting a new target price of $10, down from $22