Dish Network’s (DISH) Q2 subscriber losses nearly doubled from the year-earlier period despite Sling Web TV subscriber growth, but earnings and revenue topped views. Dish Network, which launched a Web TV service called Sling in February, included Sling in financial data for the first time with its earnings release early Wednesday. Sling had 169,000 customers as of March 31, said Dish Network, which did not directly provide a June-quarter
Amid troubled times in the 3-D printer business, 3D Systems (DDD) is expected to report a big drop in second-quarter earnings before the market open Thursday. The consensus estimate is revenue of $173.2 million, up 14% from the year-earlier quarter. The consensus on earnings per share minus items, among analysts polled by Thomson Reuters, is 9 cents, down 44%. 3D Systems declined to provide full-year guidance after posting first-quarter earnings
Epam Systems (EPAM) stock slipped in late trading Tuesday after the provider of outsourced software engineering and other IT services beat second-quarter revenue expectations but edged earnings views as it again faced foreign currency headwinds. Epam gets more than half its business from outside the U.S., so the strong U.S. dollar has weighed on its results — as it has for IBM (IBM), which also derives the majority of its revenue from