Second-Quarter Earnings Announcements Friday: Williams, Conseco and Eastman Chemical

Author:: TSC Staff
Publish date:: Jul 28, 2000 2:56 PM EDT

It's the home stretch for earnings season, capping a memorable few weeks.

Old Economy stocks came through like seasoned veterans. Oil stalwarts

ExxonMobil

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Texaco

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and

Phillips Petroleum

(P)

posted stellar numbers, as did carmaker

Ford

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and pharmaceutical giants

Merck

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and

Johnson & Johnson

(JNJ) - Get Report

New Economy plays, meanwhile, such as

Amazon.com

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and

priceline.com

(PCLN)

, have raised more doubts about their business models with the release of their quarterly results. Amazon beat forecasts but reported a widening operating loss on

Wednesday. Analysts responded with several downgrades

Thursday.

On Friday, companies such as

Williams

(WMB) - Get Report

Conseco

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and

Eastman Chemical

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enter the earnings spotlight.

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