Earnings Report

"We will no longer be exclusive to the USPS, and that's non-negotiable," CEO Kenneth Thomas McBride on the earnings call.

AutoNation, the country's largest auto dealership chain, has named an executive from the USAA financial services company as its new CEO.

Liebert will take over his new job on March 11.

U.S. stocks headed lower in early trading Thursday, putting the S&P 500 index on pace for just its fourth decline this month.

Caesars Entertainment Corp. gave few clues Thursday as to the status of its talks with billionaire Carl Icahn, who has taken a large stake in the casino giant and says he wants fundamental changes in the company.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Thursday: Avis Budget Group Inc., up $5.04 to $34.45 Higher pricing helped boost revenue for the car rental company and its quarterly profit beat forecasts.

IHOP's pivot from pancakes to burgers via IHOb paid off.

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Domino's Pizza notched its 31st consecutive quarter of U.S. same-store sales growth, but at a slower pace than investors hoped.

Gun sales tend to jump when the political environment favors activity on new firearm regulations.

Wendy's Co. on Thursday reported fourth-quarter net income of $18.8 million.

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Shares in the world's biggest shipping company, Denmark's A.P. Moller-Maersk, plunged Thursday after it warned of the commercial damage it would suffer from a U.S. escalation in the trade war with China.

U.S. stock indexes edged higher in early trading Wednesday, extending modest gains from a day earlier, as investors reviewed the latest batch of company earnings reports.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Wednesday: Garmin Ltd., up $12.09 to $83.06 Higher demand for fitness trackers and navigation devices pushed profit and forecasts beyond Wall Street's expectations.

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CVS Health is topping fourth-quarter earnings forecasts, but the annual outlook from the nation's second-largest drugstore chain is far short of Wall Street expectations.

Revenue rose to $54.42 billion in the quarter from $48.39 billion a year earlier.