Volkswagen brand earns fall by more than half
Volkswagen's namesake brand saw operating earnings slip by 45 percent in the first quarter, as it joined the ranks of European carmakers suffering a ...

Moody's, S&P settle lawsuits over debt ratings
Ratings agencies Standard & Poor's, Moody's and investment bank Morgan Stanley have settled two lawsuits dating back to the financial crisis that ...
Goodyear swings to 1Q profit, beats estimate
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. reported a profit for the first quarter on Friday as lower raw material costs helped offset the effect of a decline in ...

Chevron profit down 4.5 pct. on lower oil prices
Chevron Corp.'s net income fell 4.5 percent in the first quarter as oil prices fell and refinery output declined. Chevron, the second largest U.S.

Burger King 1Q earnings soar, revenue shrinks
Burger King's first-quarter earnings more than doubled even though revenue fell, as the fast-food chain trimmed several restaurant-related expenses.

Stocks stall on tepid US economic growth
The stock market stalled Friday after the U.S. economy didn't grow as much as hoped and earnings from a handful of big companies failed to rev up ...
China's Baidu reports slower profit growth
Baidu Inc., which operates China's most popular search engine, reported slower profit growth in its latest quarter Friday as costs rose sharply and ...

Honda's quarterly profit rises despite China woes
Honda's fiscal fourth quarter profit rose nearly 6 percent as the Japanese automaker's recovery from floods in Thailand the previous year offset ...

Samsung profit at record high on smartphone boost
Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday its first quarter profit jumped to a record high as smartphone sales remained strong despite the April launch of ...

Starbucks' profit shows Americans need coffee fix
Americans may not feel optimistic about the economy but they're still spending more at Starbucks. The world's biggest coffee chain said Thursday that ...

Exxon 1Q earnings rise but production slips again
Growing is hard for a company as big as Exxon. Exxon Mobil Corp. managed to increase earnings slightly in the first quarter thanks to surging profits ...
Coinstar's 1Q earnings drop as Redbox growth slows
Coinstar's first-quarter earnings plunged 58 percent amid signs that its Redbox kiosks for DVD rentals are losing their appeal as more people switch ...
Amazon reports lower 1Q earnings, higher revenue
Amazon.com Inc.'s net income declined in the first three months of the year even though revenue increased 22 percent, as the online retailer continued ...

UPS 1Q profit rises 7 percent
Consumers who kept spending after the holidays ended helped boost profit at UPS. United Parcel Service Co. said Thursday that first-quarter profit ...

Stocks edge higher as job market improves
The engines driving the stock market were more tepid than turbocharged Thursday, but they were enough to help stocks rise for a fifth straight day.

Higher fares help Southwest Airlines' profit
Higher fares helped Southwest Airlines Co. make more money than Wall Street expected in the first quarter, but the company said Thursday that ...

After 1Q loss, United sees operations improving
United Airlines says it's on the way to fixing the reliability problems that have driven away travelers. Now it needs to reliably make money.
New York Times posts sharp 1Q profit decline
The New York Times Co. reported a sharp decline in its first-quarter earnings on Thursday mainly because businesses it sold last year were not ...
Cabela's shares up on big 1Q earnings beat
Cabela's says strong sales of guns and ammunition helped drive its profit up 73 percent in the first quarter, surpassing expectations and briefly ...

Safeway's sales disappoint amid rising competition
Safeway Inc. reported revenue for the first quarter that missed Wall Street expectations as the grocer worked to hold down prices and stay competitive
Sales inch up 1 percent at French retailer Kering
Kering says revenues rose 1 percent in the first quarter of the year, unusually little growth for the French luxury and retail group whose Puma brand ...
AstraZeneca Q1 net profit plunges 31 percent
British drug maker AstraZeneca PLC, facing generic competition for some of its biggest products, says first-quarter profits fell 31 percent.
Marlboro maker Altria to jump into e-cigarettes
The Marlboro Man may soon be hitching his wagon to a new kind of cigarette. Altria Group Inc., owner of the nation's biggest cigarette maker, Philip ...
Hershey's profit climbs as sales increase
Hershey says its net income rose in the first quarter as it sold more of its namesake chocolates and benefited from lower costs for ingredients.
US destocking dents earnings at Amer Sports in Q1
Sports equipment maker Amer Sports Corp., whose brands include Atomic, Salomon and Wilson, says first-quarter earnings fell 20 percent to 14.8 million ...