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• ADP Employment Report for August - Street expects down 19K, compared to a gain of 9K in July

• Johnson Red Book Retail Sales for the week of 8/30

• Factory Orders for July - Street expects 0.4%, compared to 1.7% in June

• Crude Inventories for the week of 8/30 - last week's reading was down 117K

• Auto/Truck Sales for August - Street expects

Filed under: Earnings reports, Dell (DELL), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Tiffany and Co (TIF), Sears Holdings (SHLD), Smithfield Foods (SFD), Marvell Technology Group (MRVL), Rio Tinto plc ADS (RTP)

Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:

• Big Lots Inc. (NYSE: BIG) Q2 profits topped expectations, but it warned of weak sales in the second half.
• China Petroleum and Chemical Corp. (NYSE: SNP) first-half profits tanked due to government price controls.
• Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL ) fell short of Q2 earnings estimates, surprising even Jim Cramer.

Filed under: Earnings reports, Wachovia Corp (WB), Nucor Corp (NUE), Toll Brothers (TOL), Smithfield Foods (SFD), Wells Fargo (WFC)

Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:

• Big Lots Inc. (NYSE: BIG) beat Q1 expectations and offered Q2 and full-year earnings guidance.
• Brown-Forman Corp. (NYSE: BF.B) beat Q4 estimates on demand for Jack Daniels and Finlandia vodka.
• Collective Brands Inc. (NYSE: PSS) reported strong Q1 results despite a litigation charge.
• Del Monte Foods Co. (NYSE: DLM) Q4 earnings surged 37% but fell short of analyst

Filed under: Earnings reports, Wal-Mart (WMT), Kohl's Corp (KSS)

Collective Brands (NYSE: PSS), operator of Payless ShoeSource and owner of the Stride Rite brand, reported Q1 earnings on Wednesday. Revenues increased 28% to $932 million. Pretty cool increase. Adjusting earnings per share for a litigation charge and an inventory issue, net income came in at $0.71 per share versus the $0.59 per share booked a year ago.

That's decent growth, but there are a couple things to consider here. First, the top line wasn't fully organic, as it includes the Stride Rite acquisition (remember that Payless