X Preview: Strong Buck Could Cause Some Pain By Scott Rothbort About this article: United States Steel is scheduled to report first-quarter 2009 results before the market opens on Tuesday and follow up with its quarterly conference call at 3:00 p.m. EDT the same day. The company is expected to post a loss of $1.69 per share on revenue of $3.14 billion. In the year-ago period, U.S. Steel earned a profit of $1.77 per share on revenue of $5.2 billion. When the steelmaker last reported, it surprised many skeptics when delivering EPS of $2.00 vs. expectations of 75 cents (after non-recurring items). As I reported in my commentary on that conference call, costs are being controlled, and balance sheets are strong for the industry. The auto business is hurting the steels but is not putting them out of business. I think that it is fair to say that those factors continue to be the status quo for the industry. It appears that... Or, call us at 1-866-321-TSCM (8726) Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. ET. Outside the U.S. and in Canada, call 1-212-321-5200. More Stories From RealMoney Durable Goods Up Move Down the Tech Food Chain Jobless Claims Still High Bulls' Tenacity Is the Big Question Mark Should You Buy It? Pharmaceutical Product Development Bad News Trumps All Support for Banks Holds, For Now Bummer, Yields Are on the Rise Money on the Line Makes a Big Difference Structured Products: Unsafe at Any Price MORE STORIES FROM REALMONEY

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