o Starbucks Corporation’s (NASDAQ:SBUX) quarterly earnings increased 16% year over year to $0.37 per share, marginally higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.36
o Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE:SUN) posted third quarter 2011 earnings per share (excluding special items) of $0.57 that failed to beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.61
o Pepco Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POM) reported third quarter 2011 operating earnings of $0.35 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.41
o Fluor Corporation’s (NYSE:FLR) third-quarter 2011 earnings per share came in at $0.78, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.86
o Windstream Corporation (NASDAQ:WIN) posted third quarter adjusted earnings per share of $0.19, marginally lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.20 cents
o Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ:GRPN) debuted on the Street with its shares soaring 30.6% from its initial offering of $20 per share
o Bernstein initiated coverage on Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) with an “Outperform” rating
o Credit Suisse Group (NYSE:CS) downgraded M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:MDC) to a “Neutral” rating from an “Outperform” rating
