That's making the 60 cents (a share earnings) look a lot softer. We're not too concerned about it. But if you want to call this a hit, it's not the best hit we've ever seen.

Following the update we are raising our EPS (earnings per share) forecast for the current year from 201 cents to 205 cents.

Depending on how you look at it, (Citigroup's earnings) only beat by 2 cents, ... It's got to be better than two pennies to get people that excited.

We remain comfortable with our estimated fourth-quarter earnings per share range of 28 cents to 30 cents a share versus 26 cents last year, an increase of 8 percent to 15 percent.

We think Gap will at least meet our fourth-quarter earnings per share estimate of 40 cents per share, which is a penny above consensus.

MasterCard's going to become more competitive and focused on growing its bottom line rather than protecting the association,