American Greetings announced Q2 earnings September 24 and they were a stunning 566% better than analyst estimates.

Minyanville Morning MemoWhat to Watch: Monsanto (MON) was making investors money this morning as shares of the world’s largest seed manufacturer were up as of 8:15 AM Eastern after reporting Q3 earnings of $1.25 before the bell. Restructuring charges were also announced with more information forthcoming on the company’s conference call. Ethanol seems so yesterday but the company is a key player in any feed-the-world portfolio and its results are worth watching for a market currently in dire need of direction. (Witness the OECD seeing the strongest economic outlook in two years two days after the World Bank gave us ...

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A roundup of the latest corporate earnings reports and what companies are saying about future quarters.

I love this time of year. People seem nicer. Wherever you go the atmosphere seems a little more relaxed. The only thing (besides me putting up holiday lights) that’s not fun about the holidays is the traffic here in the Northeast. It took me more than an hour to get out of Gotham last night. Folks can you clear the way around 5:30 to 6 p.m. tonight?The Hang Seng was off almost 3% as we slept. The Nikkei was actually closed on holiday. Meanwhile European stocks were showing me some green. And here in the US we are currently ...