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Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Will Danaher (DHR) Disappoint This Earnings Season?

Danaher Corporation(DHR) is set to report third quarter 2013 results before the opening bell on Oct 17. Last quarter, Danaher posted a 2.35% positive earnings surprise. Let’s see how things are shaping up for this announcement.

Factors this Past Quarter

Danaher is affected by the poor macroeconomic conditions. The instability in Western Europe has also proved to be a drag for the company. Danaher’s Test & Measurement Tools segment has been affected by a weaker-than-expected product demand, leading to decreased margin expectations in the segment. The company’s operating cash flow had decreased in the quarter driven by increasing capital expenditures. Danaher had provided a tepid outlook for the third quarter and forecasted earnings to be in the range of 78 cents to 83 cents a share.

Earnings Whispers?

Our proven model does not conclusively show that Danaher is likely to beat earnings this quarter. That is because a stock needs to have both a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank of #1, 2 or 3 for this to happen. That is not the case here as you will see below.

Negative Zacks ESP: That is because the Most Accurate estimate stands at 82 cents while the Zacks Consensus Estimate is at 83 cents. That is a difference of -1.21%.

Zacks Rank #3 (Hold): Danaher’s Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) lowers the predictive power of ESP because the Zacks Rank #3 when combined with a negative ESP makes surprise prediction difficult. We caution against stocks with Zacks Ranks #4 and #5 (Sell rated stocks) going into the earnings announcement, especially when the company is seeing negative estimate revisions momentum.

Other Stocks to Consider

Here are some other companies you may want to consider as our model shows that they have the right combination of elements to post an earnings beat this quarter:

Spansion Inc. (CODE),with Earnings ESP of +6.67% and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).

Micron Technology Inc. (MU),with Earnings ESP of +11.63% and a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

Honeywell International Inc. (HON), with Earnings ESP of +0.81% and a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/danaher-dhr-disappoint-earnings-season-160003022.html
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Hunter found in California forest ate squirrels

This undated photo provided by the Mendocino County Sheriff's Department, shows Gene Penaflor. Penaflor, a 72-year-old hunter who got hurt in a Northern California forest, was rescued Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. He was lost for 19 days and survived the ordeal by eating squirrels and lizards and covering himself with leaves to stay warm. (AP Photo/Mendocino County Sheriff's Department)

In this undated photo provided by the Mendocino County Sheriff's Department, searchers gather at the command post in Spruce Grove, Calif., where volunteers and rescue agencies meet to search for missing hunter Gene Penaflor. Penaflor, a 72-year-old hunter who got hurt in a Northern California forest, was lost for 19 days and survived the ordeal by eating squirrels and lizards and covering himself with leaves to stay warm. (AP Photo/Mendocino County Sheriff's Department)

In this undated photo provided by the Mendocino County Sheriff's Department, volunteers and rescue workers gather before searching for missing hunter Gene Penaflor. Penaflor, a 72-year-old hunter who got hurt in a Northern California forest, was rescued Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. He was lost for 19 days and survived the ordeal by eating squirrels and lizards and covering himself with leaves to stay warm. (AP Photo/Mendocino County Sheriff's Department)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The 72-year-old hunter who was lost for more than two weeks in a Northern California forest survived by eating squirrels and other animals he shot with his rifle and by making small fires and packing leaves and grasses around his body to stay warm, according to his family.

Deer hunter Gene Penaflor was found Saturday in Mendocino National Forest by other hunters who carried him to safety in a makeshift stretcher, the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office said in a statement Sunday.

Penaflor disappeared after heading out with a partner during the first week of deer hunting season in the rugged mountains of far Northern California, a trip he takes annually.

"He goes hunting every year, and he comes home every year," his daughter-in-law Deborah Penaflor said Monday outside Gene Penaflor's small home in San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood. "We'd gotten a little complacent that he would always come back."

Gene Penaflor had separated from his hunting partner for a couple of hours as usual to stalk deer. While they were apart, Gene Penaflor fell, hit his head and passed out, Deborah Penaflor said.

He woke up after spending what appeared to be a full day unconscious, with his chin and lip badly gashed. He noticed fog and morning dew and realized he'd been out for a while, Deborah Penaflor said.

Gene Penaflor had a lighter, a knife and water with him when he went hunting. But Deborah Penaflor said the knife and water bottle somehow got lost in the fall. She had no further details.

Still, he had his rifle, and he was able to make use of it to kill squirrels to sustain him while he awaited rescue. He also was near a source of water in a nearby drainage.

To stay warm, Gene Penaflor made small fires and packed leaves and grasses around his body. When it rained or snowed, he crawled under a large log and managed to stay dry, authorities said.

"He knew at some point he was going to die, but he figured he'd last as long as he could," sheriff's Detective Andrew Porter told the Ukiah Daily Journal (http://bit.ly/1ekjENg ).

The sheriff's office said an initial search involving several agencies was called off when a storm was on its way and there was no sign of the missing hunter.

The family returned to San Francisco dejected.

"We were depressed," Deborah Penaflor said. "We were walking his dog and hoping the search would start up again."

The search was reactivated Saturday, and a group of hunters found Gene Penaflor when someone in the group heard a voice calling for help from the bottom of a canyon. He was found about 3 miles from where he had disappeared.

The family returned north to aid in the search late last week. They distributed missing persons flyers around the area hoping other hunters would be on the lookout.

When they heard he'd been found alive, they rushed to the mountain to meet him.

"There were tears of joy on the top of that mountain," Deborah Penaflor said.

The Mendocino National Forest is about 160 miles north of San Francisco.

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Jason Dearen can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/JHDearen

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Today in History

Today is Tuesday, Oct. 15, the 288th day of 2013. There are 77 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On Oct. 15, 1917, Dutch dancer Mata Hari, convicted of spying for the Germans, was executed by a French firing squad outside Paris.

On this date:

In 1858, the seventh and final debate between senatorial candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas took place in Alton, Ill.

In 1860, 11-year-old Grace Bedell of Westfield, N.Y., wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln, suggesting he could improve his appearance by growing a beard.

In 1928, the German dirigible Graf Zeppelin landed in Lakehurst, N.J., completing its first commercial flight across the Atlantic.

In 1937, the Ernest Hemingway novel "To Have and Have Not" was first published by Charles Scribner's Sons.

In 1945, the former premier of Vichy France, Pierre Laval, was executed for treason.

In 1946, Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering (GEH'-reeng) fatally poisoned himself hours before he was to have been executed.

In 1951, the classic sitcom "I Love Lucy" premiered on CBS with the episode "The Girls Want to Go to the Nightclub."

In 1964, it was announced that Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev (KROOSH'-chef) had been removed from office.

In 1969, peace demonstrators staged activities across the country as part of a "moratorium" against the Vietnam War.

In 1976, in the first debate of its kind between vice presidential nominees, Democrat Walter F. Mondale and Republican Bob Dole faced off in Houston.

In 1991, despite sexual harassment allegations by Anita Hill, the Senate narrowly confirmed the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court, 52-48.

In 1997, British Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green twice drove a jet-powered car in the Nevada desert faster than the speed of sound, officially shattering the world's land-speed record. NASA's plutonium-powered Cassini spacecraft rocketed flawlessly toward Saturn.

Ten years ago: Eleven people were killed when a Staten Island ferry slammed into a maintenance pier. (The ferry's pilot, who'd blacked out at the controls, later pleaded guilty to 11 counts of manslaughter.) Doctors in Florida removed the feeding tube of Terri Schiavo (SHY'-voh), a severely brain-damaged woman at the center of a right-to-die battle. (The tube was reinserted, then removed again, as the legal battle played out, ending with Schiavo's death in March 2005.) An explosion ripped apart a U.S. diplomatic vehicle in the Gaza Strip, killing three Americans. China launched its first manned space mission. The Florida Marlins won the National League championship with a 9-6 victory over the Chicago Cubs in Game 7.

Five years ago: Republican John McCain repeatedly assailed Democrat Barack Obama's character and campaign positions on taxes, abortion and more in a debate at Hofstra University; Obama parried each accusation, and leveled a few of his own, saying "100 percent" of McCain's campaign ads were negative. The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 to win the NL championship series 4-1 for its first pennant since 1993. Pop star Madonna and movie director Guy Ritchie announced they were divorcing after nearly eight years of marriage. Actress-singer Edie Adams died in Los Angeles at age 81. Longtime game show host Jack Narz died in Los Angeles at age 85.

One year ago: In interviews with CNN and Fox News, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton took responsibility for security at the U.S. consulate in Libya, where the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed in a Sept. 11, 2012, attack. The San Francisco Giants evened the National League Championship series 1-1 with a 7-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Today's Birthdays: Former auto executive Lee Iacocca is 89. Jazz musician Freddy Cole is 82. Singer Barry McGuire is 78. Actress Linda Lavin is 76. Rock musician Don Stevenson (Moby Grape) is 71. Actress-director Penny Marshall is 70. Baseball Hall of Famer Jim Palmer is 68. Singer-musician Richard Carpenter is 67. Actor Victor Banerjee is 67. Tennis player Roscoe Tanner is 62. Singer Tito Jackson is 60. Actor-comedian Larry Miller is 60. Actor Jere Burns is 59. Actress Tanya Roberts is 58. Movie director Mira Nair is 56. Britain's Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, is 54. Chef Emeril Lagasse is 54. Rock musician Mark Reznicek (REHZ'-nih-chehk) is 51. Singer Eric Benet is 47. Actress Vanessa Marcil is 45. Singer-actress-TV host Paige Davis is 44. Country singer Kimberly Schlapman is 44. Actor Dominic West is 44. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ginuwine is 43. Actor Chris Olivero is 34. Christian singer-actress Jaci (JAK'-ee) Velasquez is 34. Actor Brandon Jay McLaren is 33. Rhythm-and-blues singer Keyshia Cole is 32. Tennis player Elena Dementieva is 32. Actor Vincent Martella ("Everybody Hates Chris") is 21. Actress Bailee Madison ("Trophy Wife") is 14.

Thought for Today: "The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking." — John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-born American economist (1908-2006).

(Above Advance for Use Tuesday, Oct. 15)

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Report: NSA collecting millions of contact lists

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Security Agency has been sifting through millions of contact lists from personal email and instant messaging accounts around the world — including those of Americans — in its effort to find possible links to terrorism or other criminal activity, according to a published report.

The Washington Post reported late Monday that the spy agency intercepts hundreds of thousands of email address books every day from private accounts on Yahoo, Gmail, Facebook and Hotmail that move though global data links. The NSA also collects about a half million buddy lists from live chat services and email accounts.

The Post said it learned about the collection tactics from secret documents provided by NSA leaker Edward Snowden and confirmed by senior intelligence officials. It was the latest revelation of the spy agency's practices to be disclosed by Snowden, the former NSA systems analyst who fled the U.S. and now resides in Russia.

The newspaper said the NSA analyzes the contacts to map relationships and connections among various foreign intelligence targets. During a typical day last year, the NSA's Special Source Operations branch collected more than 440,000 email address books, the Post said. That would correspond to a rate of more than 250 million a year.

A spokesman for the national intelligence director's office, which oversees the NSA, told the Post that the agency was seeking intelligence on valid targets and was not interested in personal information from ordinary Americans.

Spokesman Shawn Turner said the NSA was guided by rules that require the agency to "minimize the acquisition, use and dissemination" of information that identifies U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

While the collection was taking place overseas, the Post said it encompassed the contact lists of many American users. The spy agency obtains the contact lists through secret arrangements with foreign telecommunications companies or other services that control Internet traffic, the Post reported.

Earlier this year, Snowden gave documents to the Post and Britain's Guardian newspaper disclosing U.S. surveillance programs that collect vast amounts of phone records and online data in the name of foreign intelligence, often sweeping up information on American citizens.

The collection of contact lists in bulk would be illegal if done in the United States, but the Post said the agency can get around that restriction by intercepting lists from access points around the world.

The newspaper quoted a senior intelligence official as saying NSA analysts may not search or distribute information from the contacts database unless they can "make the case that something in there is a valid foreign intelligence target in and of itself."

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