A number of companies released their quarterly earnings results today, as reported by Analyst Ratings Network (http://bit.ly/arndailye) and Equity Briefing: Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE: LPX) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday.

ERF, EXLP, LPLA, PPR, WTI Dividend Stocks Update. 7/31/2012 9:02:17 PM. Enerplus Corp. (NYSE:ERF) has declared a new dividend of $0.09 .

U.S. Companies Reporting Negative EPS Surprises, July 31. By Wendy Soong - 2012-07-31T22:25:10Z. The following U.S. companies reported negative earnings surprises today.

The Capital Goods sector (XLI) showed little movement on a trading day that saw S&P 500 fall 0.7%. The ETF, as a proxy for the sector, tracked closer to the overall market today than over the past month.

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The biggest local decliners were: Fiserv Inc. (down $2.79 to $69.46), Twin Disc Inc. (down $1.85 to $19.39), Harley-Davidson Inc. (down $1.03 to $43.46) and Rockwell Automation Inc. (down $1.00 to $67.50).

That write-down largely contributed to the company's fourth quarter profits plunging 87 percent to $1 million, or 9 cents per diluted share, compared to $7.59 million, or 66 cents per diluted share, in the previous fourth quarter.

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