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eBay gets boost from mobile bidders
Sally Herships Jan 16, 2013
eBay reports fourth-quarter earnings amid high expectations, as tablet and smartphone user bid up business on the online auction site.
JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs see earnings soar
Mitchell Hartman Jan 16, 2013
Many of Wall Street's biggest banks are beating profit expectations as the mortgage business comes back.
Wells Fargo leads bank earnings, recovery
Bob Moon Jan 11, 2013
Investors have high expectations for Wells Fargo -- the first big bank to report fourth-quarter results -- after turning in nearly three years of solid earnings.
End of the year earnings: Has the buck finally stopped?
Jeff Horwich Jan 8, 2013
Corporate earnings season is here again. The first reports arrive today, starting with the aluminum company Alcoa. Analysts are bracing for a slew of lackluster numbers.
After fiscal deal, markets settle into new reality
Jeff Horwich Jan 7, 2013
Immediately following the fiscal agreement, U.S. stocks had their best week in more than a year last week, but will the optimism last?
Facebook employees poised to cash in
Bob Moon Oct 23, 2012
Restrictions on the sale of Facebook stock by the social media firm's employees end this week, meaning many of them will be millionaires, not just millionaires "on paper." But the sale will likely drive the stock price down.
Weak ad revenue pulls Google down
Jeff Horwich Oct 19, 2012
Yesterday Google accidentally fired off its earnings announcement three hours ahead of schedule and profits fell quite short of expectations.
Google shares drop as declining ad prices hit profits
Eve Troeh Oct 18, 2012
Google's quarterly earnings report was mistakenly released while markets were open, instead of after. A 20 percent drop in profits, as prices of online and mobile ads decline, sent shares down immediately.
Bank earnings kick off with JPMorgan blockbuster
Mitchell Hartman Oct 12, 2012
The financial sector is doing better than last year on a bumper mortgage business and lower loan-loss reserves.
U.S. a dim brightspot in the global economy
Juli Niemann Oct 9, 2012
The third-quarter earnings season kicked off today with an ominous warning about global growth from the IMF. A weak consolation for Americans is that we are the only major economy where the IMF expects decent growth in the next year.
