Factbox: Companies delay results due to hurricane

(Reuters) - Dozens of U.S. companies postponed releasing quarterly results as Hurricane Sandy headed towards the U.S. East Coast on Monday.

Forecasters said the 1,000-mile-wide (1,600 km-wide) storm could be the largest to hit the mainland in U.S. history.

All U.S. stock markets will be closed through Tuesday. <.n/>

Wall Street firms kept only limited staffing ahead of Hurricane Sandy's approach and many financial professionals worked from home.

Companies announcing delayed results and/or conference calls:

-- Acorda Therapeutics Inc : rescheduled third-quarter financial results and conference call to October 31 from October 30.

-- Advent Software Inc reschedules third-quarter results and conference call to October 30.

-- American Capital Agency Corp will report third-quarter earnings on October 29 after market, but rescheduled its shareholder call to November 1. The earnings call may be further postponed depending on when equity markets reopen, it said.

-- Arch Capital Group Ltd rescheduled third- quarter results to after market on November 1. The conference call will be held at 10 am Eastern Time on November 2.

-- Armstrong World Industries Inc rescheduled its third-quarter conference call and webcast, and said new timings would be announced later.

-- Automatic Data Processing Inc rescheduled first-quarter results to November 1.

-- Avon Products Inc tentatively rescheduled third-quarter results to November 1. The company said it would confirm once the weather stabilized.

-- Compugen Ltd rescheduled third-quarter results conference call with investors to November 5.

-- Cummins Inc pushed back earnings by a day to October 31, 7 am ET.

-- Danaos Corp rescheduled third-quarter results to November 5, after market close.

-- Dendreon Corp rescheduled third-quarter results to November 2 and will hold its investor conference call the same day at 9 am Eastern Time.

-- Entergy Corp : rescheduled third-quarter earnings conference call to November 5 from October 30.

-- FMC Corp said it would report at about 2 pm Eastern Time on October 29. The company was previously scheduled to report after market close on the same day.

-- Heidrick & Struggles International Inc rescheduled third-quarter results to October 31.

-- hhgregg Inc rescheduled second-quarter results to November 2.

-- Hertz Global Holdings Inc rescheduled third-quarter earnings to October 31, after market, and the conference call will be held on November 1 at 10 am Eastern Time.

-- Iconix Brand Group Inc rescheduled third-quarter results and earnings call to November 1.

-- Kaman Corp : rescheduled third-quarter results to October 31, after the bell. A webcast and conference call will be held at 8:30 am Eastern Time on November 1.

-- Life Technologies Corp rescheduled its third-quarter earnings and conference call to November 1.

-- Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc rescheduled third-quarter results to November 1 from October 30.

-- MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc rescheduled its fiscal fourth-quarter results to October 31 from October 30.

-- Neustar Inc rescheduled its third-quarter results and conference call to November 5, after market.

-- Newtek Business Services rescheduled third-quarter results to October 31 at 4:15 pm Eastern Time.

-- NiSource Inc rescheduled its third-quarter results to November 2. The company's analyst conference call is now scheduled for 9 am Eastern Time on November 2.

-- NRG Energy Inc rescheduled third-quarter earnings conference call to November 2 from October 31.

-- Office Depot rescheduled third-quarter earnings announcement and conference call to November 6.

-- Parkway Properties Inc rescheduled third-quarter earnings to November 1, after market, followed by a conference call at 5 pm Eastern Time.

-- PartnerRe Ltd

rescheduled third-quarter results to October 31, after market.

-- Pfizer Inc : rescheduled third-quarter results and conference call to November 1, before the bell, from October 30.

-- Post Properties Inc will release its third- quarter earnings at around 1 pm on October 29, and hold its quarterly conference call on October 31 at 12 noon Eastern Time.

-- Republic Airways Holdings Inc rescheduled third-quarter results to November 1, at 1 pm Eastern Time.

-- Rogers Corp rescheduled third-quarter results to about two hours before the market on November 5.

-- Rudolph Technologies rescheduled third-quarter results and conference call to October 31.

-- Sanmina-SCI Corp rescheduled fourth-quarter results to October 30, after market and host a conference call on October 31 at 8:30 am Eastern Time.

-- Sirius XM Radio rescheduled third-quarter results to November 1.

-- Sourcefire Inc rescheduled third-quarter results to November 1.

-- Sterling Bancorp rescheduled third-quarter results and related conference call to November 2 from October 30.

-- Systemax Inc rescheduled third-quarter earnings announcement to November 1, after market. The Company will host an earnings teleconference at 5 p.m. Eastern Time on that day.

-- TD Ameritrade Holding Corp rescheduled quarterly earnings call to November 5.

-- Tesla Motors Inc rescheduled third-quarter results to November 5 at 6:30 am Eastern Time from October 29. The company will hold a live Q&A session at 8 am Eastern Time.

-- Texas Roadhouse rescheduled third-quarter results and conference call to November 1.

-- The Corporate Executive Board Co rescheduled third-quarter results and conference call to November 1.

-- The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc rescheduled third-quarter earnings and conference call to November 2 from October 31.

-- Thomson Reuters Corp rescheduled earnings announcement to November 2 from October 30.

-- Tumi Holdings Inc plans to report third-quarter results on October 29, after market, but the conference call, previously scheduled for 4:30 pm Eastern Time, has been canceled.

-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc rescheduled third-quarter earnings and conference call to after market close on November 1 from October 29.

-- Vision-Sciences Inc rescheduled second-quarter results to November 5. Conference call will follow on November 6.

-- Waddell & Reed Financial Inc rescheduled third-quarter earnings announcement to October 31 from October 30.

-- Weingarten Realty rescheduling its conference call, which was previously scheduled for October 29.

(Compiled by Bijoy Koyitty in Bangalore)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/factbox-companies-delay-results-due-hurricane-181036853--finance.html

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