Earnings Report

Royal Bank of Scotland says its third-quarter profit rose 14 percent, even as the British taxpayer-owned bank took more charges for past misdeeds and economic uncertainty.

Strong results from major companies including Microsoft, Visa and Comcast are sending U.S. stocks higher Thursday morning as the market found its footing after three weeks of steep declines.

Amazon's profit soared to nearly $3 billion in the third quarter, fueled by the growth of online shopping and its cloud-computing service.

Google's corporate parent boosted its earnings by 37 percent during the third quarter, but it still wasn't enough to reassure investors worried about tougher regulations that could make it harder to collect the personal information that fuels the company's advertising network.

Union Pacific delivered a 33 percent improvement in its third-quarter profit, but officials say the railroad needs to become more efficient.

The search giant posted stronger earnings than expected.

A look at Amazon's mixed quarter.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

The tool maker accelerated its plans to hit $1 billion in Craftsman sales.

Southwest Airlines is reporting profits rose more than 16 percent, to $615 million during the third quarter.

Hershey Co. (HSY) on Thursday reported third-quarter profit of $263.7 million.

Higher fuel costs slashed third-quarter profit at American Airlines by nearly half, and the company says it is responding by growing more slowly and cutting unprofitable flights.

Merck is reporting better-than-expected profits and global sales of nearly $11 billion during the third quarter.

Telecom networks provider Nokia has reported lower third-quarter earnings and says it will start a new cost-cutting scheme as it waits for demand for the new 5G systems to pick up.