Industrials

Scotts Miracle-Gro announced that it expects to fall short of its prior fiscal-year guidance due to lower-than-expected U.S. sales.

Nucor expects a challenging steel market to weigh on its second-quarter profit.

Philip Morris International revealed plans for an $18 billion stock buyback program on Wednesday as the tobacco company attempts to return cash to shareholders and breathe new life into its stock.

Diamond Foods said it will miss Nasdaq’s June 11 deadline to file restated financial statements and will look to appeal an expected delisting letter.

United Technologies has reportedly offered to unload some assets in an effort to make its $16.5 billion buyout of aircraft components maker Goodrich more palatable to European regulators.

A123 Systems, which makes lithium-ion batteries for GM and BMW, plans to hire up to 400 people at its two factories in Michigan.

Alcoholic beverage giant Diageo plans to spend 1 billion pounds to boost its production of Scotch whisky over the five years to meet growing demand.

Shares of Chesapeake Energy rallied about 3% after a report indicated the energy company is nearing a deal to unload pipelines to Global Infrastructure Partners for more than $4 billion.

Deere announced a new chief financial officer and a slew of other senior management shakeups on Friday as the tractor maker readies to lose two of its top executives to retirement.

Alcoa is chopping its alumina production capacity by about 390,000 metric tons.

Honeywell reported higher first-quarter results and lifted its earnings-per-share outlook for the full year.

The maker of Kleenex and Huggies notched a larger-than-expected increase in quarterly profit as it trimmed costs to deal with some weakness in the U.S.

Missing the revenue from NBC Universal, earnings at General Electric retreated 12% during the first quarter but managed to still surpass Wall Street’s forecasts.

Boeing led Airbus by deliveries in the first quarter, with the help of its new fuel-efficient jets, the 787 Dreamilner and 747.

Anheuser-Busch InBev posted a 75% jump in first-quarter profit on stronger beer volumes in the U.S. and Latin America and higher prices.

Loews posted weaker first-quarter profit that topped expectations, as smaller catastrophe losses and higher investment income at its largest subsidiary, CNA Financial, could not fully offset weaknesses in its oil and gas division.  

PepsiCo revealed two fresh deals on Monday that will have it hosting live concerts to its Twitter followers and exclusively serving beverages at more than 3,000 restaurants owned by DineEquity.

Newell-Rubbermaid beat expectations in the first-quarter as sharp gains in its baby and professional segments, helped offset a decline in consumer demand.

International Paper narrowed its first-quarter profit on higher corporate expenses and weaker export paper prices.

Whirlpool on Thursday said its earnings fell 46%, as demand for appliances slumped and higher raw material costs dug into operating margins.