Earnings - News Headlines

Stocks shook off a bumpy start and ended modestly higher on Wall Street, led by gains in health care companies and makers of consumer goods.

Global stock markets are down ahead of a Group of Seven summit that promises to be tense as leaders confront U.S. President Donald Trump over tariffs he is imposing.

Lululemon, VMWare rise in U.S. trading while Big Lots, Duke Energy fall

Nordstrom beats 1Q expectations

Danish shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk says its first-quarter revenue increased by 30 percent to $9.3 billion, but also noted increased risks to the business

Nissan's quarterly profit sinks 32 percent on strong yen, higher costs for materials, R&D

US Postal Service reports another quarterly loss due to an unrelenting decline in mail volume and the cost of health care and pension costs

Stocks are closing solidly higher on Wall Street for the second day in a row, extending the market's gains for the week.

Italy's largest bank by assets, UniCredit, reported its best first-quarter in more than a decade with net profits up 22 percent to 1.1 billion euros (1.3 billion) on higher fees and cost-cutting

Toyota Motor Corp. is reporting its quarterly profit rose 21 percent as cost cuts and growing sales in some markets offset the damage from higher U.S. incentives

SoftBank's Son confirms deal to sell Flipkart stake to Walmart

SoftBank's Son confirms deal to sell Flipkart stake to Walmart

Industrial equipment maker Siemens saw profit rise in the first three months of the year as the company booked a one-time gain related to pensions and profits from its factory digitalization business

Disney is seeking new frontiers, launching an ESPN streaming service and a deal with Twitter to create new content. The moves come as Disney seeks ways to extend past the traditional cable-bundle format as more people watch TV online.

Brazil's Petrobras says profit rose 56 percent in first quarter of the year as the state-controlled oil company is beginning to emerge from a massive corruption scandal

Italian bank Intesa SanPaolo says profits grew by nearly 40 percent in the first quarter on higher fees and commissions as the bank also moved to further cut costs and reduce its stock of non-performing loans

Athenahealth, Exxon rise; Cognizant, Dentsply fall

Energy companies are leading U.S. stocks higher in afternoon trading, adding to solid gains at the end of last week

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. reported a $1.1 billion first-quarter loss as new accounting rules forced it to change the way it accounts for the value of its investments

Stocks are closing sharply higher on Wall Street, led by gains in technology stocks as Apple rose to another all-time high.