Week in Review – Second Week of October 2007
Welcome to earnings season The launch of earnings season started on Tuesday with Alcoa Inc.'s (AA) earnings report, although it wasn't greeted with much enthusiasm. Shares of AA dropped after the company missed earning expectations by a penny per share. Tough road ahead for Sprint Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) faces some serious challenges as unhappy customers, dissatisfied investors and softening sales are just some of the problems that plague the company. Most problems can be traced back to Sprint's $35 billion acquisition of Nextel. Battle of the Internet behemoths Will Google Inc.'s (GOOG) rise ever end? For the same price…