Business news for Mon, 31 Dec 2007 & with word quarterly. 4 news.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Quest Software Inc. has filed its quarterly reports for the periods ended March 31, June 30 and Sept. 30, 2007 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said Monday. As a result, the company is now current with all its SEC periodic reporting obligations.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Projections for S&P 500 companies' fourth-quarter earnings swung to a 6.1 percent drop on Monday from an 11.5 percent rise on October 1, in the biggest quarterly move since Reuters Estimates started compiling analysts' forecasts in 1999.

Reuters - Projections for S&P 500 companies' fourth-quarter earnings swung to a 6.1 percent drop on Monday from an 11.5 percent rise on October 1, in the biggest quarterly move since Reuters Estimates started compiling analysts' forecasts in 1999.

At the beginning of 2007, Marriott International was dazzling Wall Street, with the firm's shares hitting all-time highs in February after beating analysts' expectations -- yet again -- for quarterly earnings.