Monday’s Martin Luther Day holiday saw the Nasdaq market observing the holiday for the first time, meaning that a large number of company results are to be squeezed into the remaining four days of the week. Today, dubbed super Tuesday, because all the major banks are reporting sees fourth quarter and full year results from IBM Corp, expected to earn $2.15 per share, while Compaq Computer Corp and Texas Instruments are also reporting end of year figures, and Bay Networks Inc and Seagate Technology Corp report on their second quarters. Microsoft Corp releases its fourth quarter figures on Wednesday, with analysts expecting earnings of $0.82 per share. And on Thursday, Sybase Inc and Iomega Corp report end of year figures, with Silicon Graphics Inc reporting on its second quarter.
