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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (83210)	10/7/2009 4:39:59 PM
From: Keith Feral	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 118717

$7 billion looked like a pretty good topline number to me. Stock is halted for trading, I wonder how much it gaps up. Edit - $7 billion was the trailing revenue number, they came in at $4.6 billion, 9% ahead of estimates.

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (83210)	10/7/2009 4:40:24 PM
From: chowder	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 118717

Re: AA ... I love it. Up sharply in after hours too. Oct. 7, 2009, 4:15 p.m. EDT Alcoa reports surprise profit SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Alcoa Inc. reported a surprise third-quarter profit Wednesday afternoon, ending three straight quarters of losses. Net income for the aluminum giant was $77 million, 8 cents a share. In the year-ago period, Alcoa earned $268 million, or 33 cents a share. Sales fell 33% to $4.62 billion from last year's quarter. The results topped Wall Street's expectations. Analysts had forecast Alcoa to lose 10 cents a share on revenue of $4.5 billion. Ahead of the report, Alcoa shares closed up 2.2% at $14.20. The stock has gained 26% in value so far this year, better than the 11% gain for the Dow Jones Industrial Average.