United Rentals (URI) Surpasses Q3 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

United Rentals (URI) came out with quarterly earnings of $4.74 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.54 per share. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 4.41%. United Rentals, which belongs to the Zacks Building Products - Miscellaneous industry, posted revenues of $2.12 billion for the quarter ended September 2018, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 4.86%.

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  Heritage-Crystal Clean (HCCI) Beats Q3 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

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  Badger Meter (BMI) Beats Q3 Earnings Estimates

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A former GE exec who trained new managers found that almost all of them were making the same mistake

Beth Comstock is the former vice chair of General Electric. Comstock would hand out "permission slips" authorizing employees to take risks — but she also said it's important for people to stop hiding behind their excuses. Beth Comstock doesn't tolerate excuses.

Ken Langone: 'Who the hell in their right frame of mind would be buying bonds now?'

Billionaire investor and philanthropist Ken Langone, the founder of The Home Depot (HD) and chairman of Invemed Associates, argued that there’s some “big time” structural problems in the market right now. Because if we are on a trajectory of raising rates that means, and if it keeps going that way and I don’t know how high it will go, and it keeps going that way then all the sudden the guy who bought those bonds is going to be looking at a fairly decent loss,” Langone said.

Tilray CEO says there could be a $100 billion pot stock c...

FM trader Tim Seymour takes on the Tilray CEO, Brendan Kennedy. A breakdown of the marijuana madness, with CNBC's Dirdre Bosa and Melissa Lee, and the Fast Money traders, Pete Najarian, Dan Nathan and Guy Adami.

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  Netflix burns the bears, is this the return of the F.A.N....

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  Pot stocks too pricey, says 'dean of valuation'

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Alibaba (BABA) Dips More Than Broader Markets: What You Should Know

Investors will be hoping for strength from BABA as it approaches its next earnings release, which is expected to be November 2, 2018. On that day, BABA is projected to report earnings of $1.16 per share, which would represent a year-over-year decline of 10.08%. Investors should also note any recent changes to analyst estimates for BABA.

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  Consolidated-Tomoka (CTO) Q3 Earnings Match Estimates

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  MGIC Investment (MTG) Beats Q3 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

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Sears soars 36% — one day after filing for bankruptcy (SHLD)

The retailer received approval on Tuesday to access a $300 million loan to keep it afloat during bankruptcy. Sears Holdings soared as much as 124% — one day after filing for bankruptcy — as the embattled retailer received approval to access a $300 million loan to keep it afloat during bankruptcy.

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  Sears Files for Bankruptcy in NY: A Look at Which Law Firms Got the Work

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  Sears faces tough foe: an unforgiving bankruptcy code

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Berkshire Versus Berkshire? Warren Buffett Is OK With the Competition

“Competition is fine,” Buffett said Wednesday at an event for MLMIC, a medical liability insurer that Berkshire acquired this year. Berkshire has other holdings among rival firms. It is among the top investors in Wells Fargo & Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Bank of America Corp. It also owns Dairy Queen and has made an investment in Restaurant Brands International Inc., the owner of Burger King.

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  3 Top Large-Cap Stocks to Buy in October

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  3 Stocks for Warren Buffett Fans

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10 Marijuana Stocks for the Canadian ‘Pot Rush’

After historic legislation that moved Canada as the first G7 member state to legalize recreational marijuana, it became official. This has significant implications, especially for marijuana stocks. As such, investors should strongly consider marijuana stocks to buy, irrespective of their personal reservations.

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  Charlotte’s Web Holdings CEO on Canada legalizing cannabi...

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  Canada's legalisation of cannabis will help the world to understand what the alternative to the current situation is

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Walmart will save $20 million annually on floor wax

Walmart Inc. has found a new way to save millions of dollars: Switch the floor wax it uses in its stores. According to the retail giant’s Chief Financial Officer Brett Biggs, Walmart (WMT)  switched to a new floor wax that’s both cheaper and more effective, reducing the number of times the floors have to be buffed. “That one change in floor wax will save us over $20 million a year,” he said, according to a FactSet transcript of the company’s Tuesday investment community meeting.

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  Walmart trims profit forecast as it touts investment push

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IBM disappoints, more Facebook accusations, Apple apologizes

Here’s a look at some of the companies the Yahoo Finance team will be watching for you today. IBM investors aren’t thrilled with the latest earnings report. The company posted a beat on earnings but revenue missed. CEO Ginni Rometty says the results show

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  Top 5 Things to Know in The Market on Wednesday

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  Stocks - Wall Street Starts Slightly Lower Ahead of Fed Minutes

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Amazon slows down holiday hiring for the first time in six years

On Wednesday, the e-commerce giant announced its plan to hire 100,000 workers for the coming holiday season, a 16.7% drop from last year, when its hiring target was 120,000. Amazon has been announcing its holiday season hiring plans annually since 2012. Amazon will hire fewer people for the holiday season this year.

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  Target Has 120,000 Seasonal Jobs to Fill. Here’s How You Can Apply

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  First Look at 3 New Netflix Holiday Movies, Including A Christmas Prince Sequel

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Alphabet and Amazon, Cramer's largest trust holding, can ...

Jim Cramer checks in on FAANG after Netflix's earnings beat to see how shares of the technology giants are holding up.

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Netflix soaring with earnings beat, Target shares slip and Home Depot takes a dive with Credit Suisse downgrade

Let’s check out the Yahoo Finance charts of the day. Netflix (NFLX): Shares are up in early trade, at around 6.3%.  The streaming giant reported strong user growth and exceeded expectations for adding subscribers during the third quarter. Netflix easily

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  Home Depot Stock Falls 4.5% on Credit Suisse’s Downgrade

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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Q3 Earnings Preview: Here's What to Look Out For

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is expected to deliver a year-over-year increase in earnings on higher revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended September 2018. This widely-known consensus outlook gives a good sense of the company's earnings picture, but how the actual results compare to these estimates is a powerful factor that could impact its near-term stock price. The earnings report, which is expected to be released on October 24, 2018, might help the stock move higher if these key numbers are better than expectations.

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  Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN) Q3 Earnings Preview: What to Know Ahead of the Release

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  Atlantic Tele-Network (ATNI) Q3 Earnings Preview: What's in the Cards?

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Nvidia (NVDA) Dips More Than Broader Markets: What You Should Know

Heading into today, shares of the maker of graphics chips for gaming and artificial intelligence had lost 9.29% over the past month, lagging the Computer and Technology sector's loss of 4.86% and the S&P 500's loss of 3.08% in that time. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $3.25 billion, up 23.44% from the year-ago period. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the company's business outlook.

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  SMART Global Holdings, Inc. (SGH) Gains But Lags Market: What You Should Know

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  Cisco Systems (CSCO) Gains As Market Dips: What You Should Know

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Netflix is ditching freeloaders from subscriber forecasts after volatile stock moves

After two consecutive off-the-mark quarters, falling short of its own forecasts for subscriber growth, Netflix Inc. hopes to put an end to the big swings in its stock price with some changes to its accounting. Three months ago, Netflix reported weaker-than-expected subscriber growth, sending its stock tumbling about 12% in the next trading day. From last quarter: Is Netflix stock falling down a mountain, or just tripping over a molehill?

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  Netflix subscriber growth sends shares soaring

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  Let's Not Forget About the Other 2% at Netflix

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Boeing (BA) Q3 Earnings Preview: What to Expect

Boeing (BA) is expected to deliver a year-over-year increase in earnings on lower revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended September 2018. This widely-known consensus outlook gives a good sense of the company's earnings picture, but how the actual results compare to these estimates is a powerful factor that could impact its near-term stock price. The earnings report, which is expected to be released on October 24, 2018, might help the stock move higher if these key numbers are better than expectations.

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  Heritage-Crystal Clean (HCCI) Beats Q3 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

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  Why Walmart (WMT) Could Beat Earnings Estimates Again

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Steven Mnuchin, Who Sat on Sears' Board for Years, Could Impact the Pensions of Thousands of Workers

Long before he was Secretary of the Treasury, Steven Mnuchin was a student at Yale University. One of those was Eddie Lampert. Lampert, of course, is the recently departed CEO of Sears Holdings, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday.

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  A Peek Inside 3 Sears-Catalog Homes Throughout America

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  What Happens When a Retailer Goes Bankrupt?

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Lampert, Sears Creditors Gird for Battle Over Recent Asset Sales

Lampert, 56, a billionaire who controls nearly half of Sears stock, has had interests on both sides of significant transactions the past few years. Lampert and his hedge fund, ESL Investments Inc., have loaned Sears $2.66 billion in a dozen different ways.

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  Why Sears bankruptcy will be bad for J.C. Penney

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  Now Bankrupt, Sears Was Once the Amazon and Walmart of Its Day

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