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Reports Q1 (May) earnings of $0.13 per share, excluding $0.03 in unfavorable items, in-line with the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate consensus of $0.13; revenues fell 1.2% year/year to $667.1 mln vs the $691.33 mln consensus. Revenues were lower than expected primarily due to the timing of shipment dates associated with first quarter orders in the Americas, and revenue shortfalls in France and North...

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Reports Q3 (May) GAAP earnings of $0.04 per share, $0.01 better than the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate of $0.03; revenues rose 6.7% year/year to $2.32 bln vs the $2.25 bln consensus."As the memory market shows improvement in both DRAM and NAND fundamentals, we continue to focus our efforts on advancing our operational efficiency," said Micron CEO Mark Durcan. "We have also made progress in securin...

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Reports Q4 (Apr) earnings of $0.20 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.03 better than the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate of $0.17; revenues rose 2.1% year/year to $243.4 mln vs the $242.6 mln consensus. Co issues guidance for Q1, sees EPS of 0.22-0.26, excluding non-recurring items, vs. $0.20 Capital IQ Consensus Estimate; sees Q1 revs of $245-260 mln vs. $248.94 mln Capital IQ Consensus E...

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All of the shares to be sold in the offering are to be sold by Progenics, with the proceeds to be used for research and development and general corporate purposes. Jefferies LLC is acting as sole book-running manager for the proposed offering.

Reports Q3 (May) earnings of $0.56 per share, $0.02 better than the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate of $0.54; revenues rose 5.1% year/year to $4.47 bln vs the $4.4 bln consensus. Co issues mixed guidance for Q4, sees EPS of $0.50-0.58, excluding non-recurring items, vs. $0.59 Capital IQ Consensus Estimate; sees Q4 revs of $4.55-4.65 bln vs. $4.6 bln Capital IQ Consensus Estimate.l  

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- While mortgage rates have been increasing for weeks, recent changes are "not all that dramatic," Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said at a Wednesday press conference following the central bank's decision to leave policy unchanged. "In terms of monthly payments on an average house, the change in mortgage rates we've seen so far is not all that dramatic," Bernanke said. He added that while rates have been rising, home prices have, too, and consumers expect further price gains. "And that, you know, compensates, to some extent, for a slightly higher mortgage rate," he said. Freddie Mac recently reported that the average rate for the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 3.98%, the highest rate in more than a year, up more than half a percentage point since early May. Separate data on home prices show they recently hit the fastest year-over-year pace since 2006.