Earnings Report

Best Buy Co. (BBY) on Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter profit of $208 million.

Sales in the cardiac and vascular unit, which sells defibrillators, pace-makers, heart valves and stents, jumped 10.1 percent to $3.14 billion in the fourth quarter.

Target, which is pushing through a year of transition, is posting weaker-than-expected profits for the first quarter.

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Analysts on average had expected sales at stores open at least a year to increase 2.9 percent, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

Lowe's, which named a new CEO this week, is reporting weak profit and revenue numbers for its first quarter.

Lowe’s reported a 1Q profit of $1.19 per share, missing the estimate for $1.22.

Technology companies and banks are rising Tuesday morning as U.S. stocks head higher for the second day in a row.

Atlantic City's seven casinos all remained profitable during the first quarter of this year, but those profits are shrinking even as two competitors prepare to join the market.

Tax reform has propelled U.S. companies’ earnings growth.

The Framingham, Massachusetts-based company's net sales rose to $8.69 billion from $7.78 billion.

Kohl's Corp. (KSS) on Tuesday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $75 million.

Sales at Kohl's stores open for at least 12 months climbed 3.6 percent, compared with the 2.7 percent increase expected by analysts on average.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the levies were insignificant.

Campbell Soup tops quarterly earnings expectations

Deere & Co. (DE) on Friday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $1.21 billion.

Campbell Soup Co. (CPB) on Friday reported a fiscal third-quarter loss of $393 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.

Equipment sales rose 34%.

Walmart is reporting better-than-expected profit and revenue for the first quarter with rising e-commerce sales.

Nordstrom is reporting better-than-expected results for the first quarter.