Earnings Report

Delta Air Lines on Thursday reported a 36.5 percent decline in fourth-quarter profit and forecast passenger unit revenue, a closely watched metric, to be flat to up 2 percent in early 2017.

Southwest Airlines Co. is reporting first-quarter earnings of $351 million.

Campbell Soup serving up a disappointing quarter and forecast.

Adobe Systems Inc reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit as the company benefited from more customers subscribing to its Creative Cloud package, which includes the popular photo-editing software Photoshop.

Delta Air Lines Inc on Thursday reported an increase in quarterly passenger unit revenue, a closely watched metric, but higher costs weighed on its bottom line.

U.S. stock indexes edged higher in early trading Thursday, led by gains in technology companies.

Stocks ended little changed on Wall Street on Thursday as a deal between Sears and Amazon weighed on home improvement retailers while gains in Microsoft helped buoy the Nasdaq.

General Electric Co. (GE) on Friday reported second-quarter profit of $1.37 billion.

Stocks markets around the world ticked higher Wednesday as businesses continued to report stronger-than-expected earnings.

Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca says second-quarter revenue fell amid declining sales of blockbuster drugs Crestor and Seroquel XR, which lost patent protection in the United States last year.

Big gains for Facebook, Verizon Communications and other companies reporting healthier-than-expected results nudged U.S. stock indexes a bit further into record territory on Thursday.

Shares were mixed in Asia early Monday, with Chinese markets shrugging off weaker factory output indicators while Japan's Nikkei index sagged as the yen surged against the dollar.

HSBC is reporting that pretax profit rose 12 percent in the first half as revenue expanded faster than costs and higher interest rates fattened margins for its Hong Kong lending business.

Sony's fiscal first quarter profit nearly quadrupled compared to a year ago, boosted by its lucrative image sensor and other businesses and highlighting a gradual recovery at the Japanese electronics and entertainment company.

Mondelez International Inc. (MDLZ) on Wednesday reported second-quarter profit of $498 million.

Dominos is eating Pizza Hut's lunch.

Wholesale club retailer Costco Wholesale Corp reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit and revenue on Thursday, as it hiked membership fees and sold more products in the United States.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. third-quarter profits rose 7 percent from a year earlier, as the bank as able to increase revenue in its consumer banking business even though the company had to set aside additional funds to cover bad loans, most notably in its credit card division.

NEW YORK (AP) - American Express Co. (AXP) on Wednesday reported third-quarter earnings of $1.36 billion.

GE is the third-largest owned stock among institutional investors.