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Earnings Preview for Jul 6 - 10
Alcoa will "officially" start Q2 earnings season on Wednesday afternoon. Find out which companies could surprise.

TODAY'S EARNINGS SURPRISES

Ticker	Time	Expected	Reported	Surprise
ZEP	05:32	0.14	0.25	78.6%
MSM	06:30	0.38	0.44	15.8%

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Apollo Group Inc. (APOL) The education company has analysts playing catch-up after its latest earnings report.

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• Momentum: Michael Baker Corporation (BKR)
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