Stranger than fiction.

Lower sales drag fourth-quarter earnings lower than expected.

Revenue grows 12%.

But profit falls from a year earlier.

Wall Street posts gains for the first time this week.

Shares fall on the company’s warning of lower demand.

At least one deal, possibly Delta and Northwest, could be announced in the coming weeks, sources say.

The insurer looks cheap after being hammered on its quarterly report, Cramer says.

Akamai Technologies shares rise following a strong earnings report.

Select Comfort sinks.

Shares rise 3% on the news.