Earnings Report

Allergan said on Monday revenue from the aesthetics unit, which also sells products that can melt excess body fat, rose nearly 30 percent in the three months ended March 31.

Online retailer Amazon is surging to new highs Friday following a strong first quarter and tech giants Microsoft and Intel are also climbing, but U.S. stocks are just modestly higher overall.

The e-commerce giant will be the first to reach that milestone, according to an investment bank.

Bill Murray’s Ground Hog Day is playing out on Wall Street.

Exxon is reporting first-quarter earnings of $4.65 billion, coming up just short of expectations despite rapidly rising crude prices.

Chevron Corp. (CVX) on Friday reported first-quarter earnings of $3.64 billion.

Charter Communications Inc. (CHTR) on Friday reported first-quarter net income of $168 million.

Japanese entertainment and electronics company Sony Corp. has posted a loss in the January-March, quarter, dragged lower by its flagging mobile operations and unfavorable currency rates.

Italian gas and oil company Eni says first-quarter profits dropped slightly as production grew by 4 percent amid rising oil prices.

Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co. has reported a 12 percent rise in its fiscal fourth quarter profit thanks to growing sales and cost cutting.

Royal Bank of Scotland says first-quarter profit more than tripled as it moved past the havoc wreaked by the global financial crisis.

Daimler AG, maker of Mercedes-Benz luxury cars, saw its first-quarter net profit fall 11 percent from the same quarter a year ago, when the company had one-time gains from the sale of real estate and from financial factors.

Mattel Inc. is reporting better-than-expected first-quarter sales as demand for Hot Wheels and Barbies helped soften the blow of the closing of Toys R Us. Mattel reported Thursday a net loss of $311.3 million, or 90 cents per share, in the quarter.

___ Hope for US trade visit to China: A delay in harmful tariffs WASHINGTON (AP) — When Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin leads a delegation of American officials to Beijing next week, few analysts expect them to defuse a smoldering trade conflict with China.

Starbucks Corp., which has been addressing fallout over the arrest of two black men at one of its Philadelphia stores, reported sales growth Thursday that modestly exceeded Wall Street expectations during a period that preceded the outcry.