Earnings Report

MasterCard, operator of the world's second-largest payments network, reported a slightly better-than-expected quarterly profit as customers spent more using its cards.

Package delivery company United Parcel Service on Thursday reported a higher quarterly net profit, citing a rise in ecommerce packages in its crucial U.S. domestic business and improved margins on the back of cost cutting.

ConocoPhillips, the largest U.S. independent oil company, reported a quarterly loss, compared with a year-earlier profit, and further lowered its 2016 budget as the slump in crude prices sapped profitability.

Aetna, which is in the process of buying rival Humana, reported first-quarter operating earnings that topped analysts' estimates as the health insurer added more members to its government plans.

Time Warner Cable, which is being bought by Charter Communications, reported a 7.2 percent rise in revenue as it added more high speed data customers.

Japanese electronics maker Sony on Thursday reported its biggest annual operating profit since fiscal 2007 due to cost cuts in its struggling smartphone business and brisk demand for PlayStation 4 videogames.

Facebook's grow doesn't seem to be slowing down: The social network is getting close to having one billion daily active users on mobile alone, it revealed with its Q1 2016 earnings release Wednesday.

Dow component Boeing reported an adjusted 1Q profit of $1.74 per share, missing the estimate for $1.82. Revenue for the aerospace company came in at $22.6 billion, beating the estimate for $21.4 billion.

U.S. oil producer Hess reported a bigger quarterly loss amid lower oil prices that have eroded oil producers' profits.

Comcast on Wednesday posted better-than-expected results, bolstered by the biggest first-quarter gain in pay-TV customers in nine years and growth in its business services, high-speed Internet and entertainment units.

Dow component United Technologies reported an adjusted 1Q profit of $1.47 per share, topping the estimate for $1.39. Revenue for the company came in at $13.4 billion, also beating the estimate for $13.17 billion.

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, the owner of the Waldorf Astoria hotel chain, reported a quarterly profit that more than doubled, helped by tax benefits and higher room rates.

AT&T Inc, the No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier, reported a 24.4 percent jump in quarterly revenue, largely helped by the acquisition of satellite TV operator DIRECTV.

Twitter disappointed investors yet again with first-quarter results that showed stagnant revenue growth as the microblogging service struggles to grab new users amid efforts to improve its complicated interface with several new features.

Barclays reported a worse than expected 33 percent slump in pretax profits for the first three months of the year, as the lender followed its U.S. peers in reporting falling investment banking revenues in a weak global market environment.

Twitter Inc reported quarterly revenue at the lower end of its forecast as spending by advertisers declined.

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McDonald's menu is filled with customer favorites, like its iconic Big Mac, and recent brand extensions show the burger joint still knows how to deliver value.

Coach is in the midst of a turnaround.

MarketAxess Holdings is off to a strong start in 2016, with the electronic bond-trading platform's shares already up more than 15% in value.