Amd to buy xylinx. Is there more room to run on amd . Well explore that one when power lunch begins right now earnings season is supposed to be a report card for companies. Lets go to bob pisani for more on this lack of guidance bob . Kelly, once again, the Fourth Quarter, another quarter with the lack of guidance its a bit of a problem because the analysts again having a hard time figuring out what the right numbers are. Remember, the earnings numbers have been coming in very well, generally weathering but again, big companies, no guidance from caterpillar, 3m, xerox, Stanley Black and decker. Others like Harley Davidson didnt give guidance either. Raytheon, corning. No guidance from companies. Analysts have a tougher time and theyve been very conservative and wrong so far fortunately wrong on the conservative side. Look at all these companies out there. 83 are beating for the Third Quarter and theyve been beating by almost 20 . Its an amazing beat and shows you the analysts have been