Industrials

Higher aluminum prices helped steer Alcoa to a profit a year after the company reported a first-quarter loss.

(Recasts with improved production on 737 and 777, adds CEO quotes, comment)

Boeing reported first-quarter profits that beat expectations, pushing its stock to new 52-week highs.

3M Co.'s (MMM) first-quarter earnings rose 16%, beating analysts' estimates, as the company's sales-growth trend continued, masking a decline in margins

Coca-Cola said it grew its profits by a slightly weaker-than-expected 18% in the second-quarter even as the world’s largest soft-drink maker’s sales leaped 40%.

The Hershey, Pa.-based maker of chocolate and confectionery products posted net income of $160 million, or 70 cents a share, compared with $147.4 million, or 64 cents a share, in the same quart last year.

Caterpillar revealed soaring first-quarter results that crushed Wall Street’s expectations.

By Katie Reid

The maker of Cadbury chocolate reported a better-than-expected profit but cut its full-year outlook to reflect the loss of its contract to distribute Starbucks coffee in U.S. supermarkets.

According to a new report, Schneider Electric and several private-equity firms are considering a joint bid for Tyco International.

(Repeating column that initially moved late on Friday)

The world's biggest hamburger chain saw same-store sales rise 6% in April, helped by menu price increases.

U.S. meat producer Tyson Foods Inc's second-quarter revenue rose more than expected on higher prices and the company forecast full year sales that would top Wall Street expectations.

A possible acquisition could amount to one billion Brazilian reais, or $617 million, according to the report, which cited unnamed sources close to the matter. 

TOKYO (Reuters) - Takeda Pharmaceutical Co , Japan's largest drugmaker, will announce the 1 trillion yen ($12 billion) purchase of closely held Swiss rival Nycomed on Wednesday as it seeks to expand in Europe and emerging markets, Japanese business daily Nikkei reported.

By Jonathan Stempel

Boeing narrowed its target date for delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner as it announced plans to run trial commercial flights with All Nippon Airways.

Campbell Soup posted an 11% jump in fiscal third-quarter profits despite slumping U.S. soup and beverage sales.

The South Korean sporting goods retailers is set to buy Fortune Brands' Acushnet golf business for about $1.2 billion.

By Brad Dorfman