Earnings Report

Ralph Lauren Corp. (RL) on Wednesday reported fiscal third-quarter earnings of $215 million.

If it weren't for the recalls, 2014 would have been a stellar year for General Motors.

Chevron Corp. (CVX) said Friday its net income and revenue dropped in the fourth-quarter as oil and gas prices slumped, and the company said it plans significant cuts in spending in 2015.

Slumping sales of Barbie did little to bring a happy holiday to her maker, Mattel Inc.

Honda Motor Co., the Japanese automaker at the center of an air-bag defect scandal, lowered its annual earnings forecast after quarterly profit slipped 15 percent.

It's just a forecast, and for only one of 10 industry groups in the stock market.

All times are Eastern MONDAY, Feb. 2 WASHINGTON — Commerce Department releases personal income and spending for December, 8:30 a.m.; Institute for Supply Management releases its manufacturing index for January, 10 a.m. Eastern; Commerce Department releases construction spending for December, 10 a.m.

Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) on Wednesday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $1.97 billion.

Carmaker Fiat Chrysler reported a two-thirds drop in 2014 earnings due mainly to costs of acquiring the final stake of U.S. carmaker Chrysler.

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Amgen Inc. cruised to a 27 percent jump in fourth-quarter profit and beat Wall Street expectations, due to higher sales of nearly all its medicines, tight cost controls and a tax benefit.

Hyundai Motor Co. suffered a drop in quarterly earnings and is forecasting weak sales growth this year.

The price of AbbVie shares dipped early Friday after the drugmaker delivered what some analysts saw as a conservative forecast for 2015 earnings growth.

CVS Health will raise its quarterly shareholder payout by 27 percent, and the nation's second-largest drugstore chain also said Tuesday that it expects another year of earnings growth in 2015.

All times are Eastern MONDAY, Nov. 24 BERLIN — Germany's Ifo institute releases its monthly business confidence index, a key indicator for Europe's biggest economy.

Best Buy says its revenue edged up in the third quarter, a positive sign for the electronics retailer as the holiday season kicks off.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Halliburton Co., down $5.85 to $49.23 The oilfield services company is buying rival Baker Hughes Inc. in a cash-and-stock deal worth $34.6 billion as oil prices tumble.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Halliburton Co., up $1.29 to $55.08 The oilfield drilling and services company and its rival Baker Hughes Inc. are discussing a possible merger deal.

Shares of Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. jumped Monday after the company said a European Union review of its weight loss drug Contrave, which was approved in the U.S. in September, is progressing on schedule.

Electric car maker Tesla Motors set a quarterly record for deliveries of its Model S sedan, but its losses mounted due to increased engineering costs.