Tampa professional staffing firm Kforce Inc. releases earnings for the quarter ended Dec. 31 on Tuesday. The company expects revenue to come in above its guidance range of $230 million to $238 million. And it expects earnings per share to top its guidance range of 10 to 14 cents, excluding a noncash impairment charge. Get more information at www.kforce.com under "investor relations."
GeoPharma results for quarter due
Largo-based GeoPharma Inc. hosts a conference call Wednesday to discuss its performance for the third quarter ended Dec. 31. Financial results will be released after the market closes with a conference call to follow at 4:35 p.m. Company shares have traded for less than $1 since last fall. Listen to the call on the Web at gorx.client.shareholder.com.
Progress to discussfull-year results
Progress Energy on Thursday will release its fourth-quarter and 2008 earnings. The Raleigh, N.C., company, which owns St. Petersburg utility Progress Energy Florida, will host a conference call to discuss earnings at 10 a.m. Listen by dialing (913) 312-1447, confirmation code 2870464. A Web cast can be viewed at www.progress-energy.com/webcast.
Economist to offer housing advice
Nobel Prize-winning economist Vernon Smith discusses turmoil in the U.S. economy at the University of South Florida College of Business at 10 a.m. Friday in a lecture, "The Housing Bubble That Engulfed the Economy." Among the ideas he is expected to offer: ways to limit systemic risk, privatizing what's left of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and letting bankruptcies happen. Call (813) 974-0022.