Interesting article:
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINN0747118320090407?rpc=44
How could the results be anything but bad? If they were good, they would be eager to tell the world. Otherwise, they don't want to compound the upcoming bad earnings season with this bad news to put the market into a nose dive.
"to avoid complicating stock market reaction" sounds like a spin on "sending the markets to zero" ;]
Lesson