Earnings Report

Target is hiking its minimum hourly pay for workers to $12 this spring, part of its multi-year strategy that’s meant to modernize and expand the company to become a major competitor in the era of Amazon.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) on Wednesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $74.2 million.

The company said exploration projects in Guyana and the Permian Basin as well as refining and chemical plant expansions, should help boost earnings.

Dollar Tree Inc. (DLTR) on Wednesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $1.04 billion.

Sales at established stores rose 2.4 percent, lower than the average analyst estimate of 2.73 percent.

Ross Stores Inc. (ROST) on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $450.7 million.

Target is reporting fourth-quarter earnings just shy of expectations, though revenue is better than expected.

Analysts on average had expected sales at stores open at least a year to increase 3.1 percent.

Toy maker Lego says its earnings and sales fell in 2017 as it tried to turn around its business after 13 years of growth.

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American Outdoor Brands reported a sharp drop in quarterly sales on soft consumer demand.

U.S. stock indexes joined a worldwide slide Thursday, as investors wait to see if Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will again move markets with his testimony before Congress.

Nordstrom Inc. (JWN) on Thursday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $151 million.

Best Buy is reporting surging sales at stores and it's topped Wall Street's profit and revenue expectations for the fourth quarter.

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Kohl's Corp. (KSS) on Thursday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $468 million.

Sales at comparable stores jumped 9 percent during the period that includes the critical holidays.

Earnings per share rose from the same period a year earlier.

French carmaker PSA Group says it made record profits and sales last year despite the costs of buying long-struggling Opel.

U.S. stocks rose in early trading on Wednesday to claw back some of their sharp losses from the prior day, when speculation about a more aggressive Federal Reserve rattled markets.