Earnings Movers

October 11, 1999

Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) up $5/8 to $41 7/16; Q3 EPS: $0.38 vs. $0.34 last year; estimate: $0.38

Advanced Energy Industries (Nasdaq: AEIS) up $2 7/16 to $36 15/16; Q3 EPS: $0.20 vs. loss of $0.13 last year; estimate: $0.13

Brown & Brown (NYSE: BRO) up $1/16 to $32; Q3 EPS: $0.52 vs. $0.44 last year; estimate: $0.50

E.W. Scripps (NYSE: SSP) down $1 1/2 to $49 9/16; Q3 EPS: $0.36 (excluding charges) vs. $0.32; estimate: $0.40

Fastenal Co. (Nasdaq: FAST) down $5 1/2 to $42; Q3 EPS: $0.45 vs. $0.37 last year; estimate: $0.46

Gannett Co. (NYSE: GCI) up $11/16 to $72; Q3 EPS: $0.74 vs. $0.62 last year; estimate: $0.71

Obie Media Corp. (Nasdaq: OBIE) up $7/16 to $10 9/16; Q3 EPS: $0.12 vs. $0.09 last year; estimate: $0.10


After the Bell:

Applied Micro Circuits (Nasdaq: AMCC) -- fiscal Q2 EPS: $0.16 vs. $0.09 last year; estimate: $0.13

Digital Link (Nasdaq: DLNK) -- Q3 EPS: $0.18 (excluding charges and charge reversals) vs. loss of $0.30 last year; estimate: $0.08

Mercantile Bank Corp. (Nasdaq: MBWM) -- Q3 EPS: $0.23 vs. $0.05 last year; estimate: $0.23

Novellus Systems (Nasdaq: NVLS) -- Q3 EPS: $0.54 vs. $0.22 last year; estimate: $0.46

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