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Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Allergan – Allergan beat estimates by 3 cents a share, with adjusted quarterly profit of $4.38 per share. The drugmaker’s revenue beat forecasts as well, driven by strong sales of products like Botox and Juvéderm. Allergan also raised its full-year revenue forecast. Dean Foods – The

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Tyson Foods – Tyson earned an adjusted $1.47 per share for its fiscal third quarter, 5 cents a share above estimates. Revenue was below forecasts, however, under pressure during the quarter due to increased hog costs. Poultry results were mixed, but Tyson did see strength in

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines midday Friday: Pinterest — Pinterest’s stock soared more than 20% after the social media company topped estimates for its second quarter revenues and surpassed 300 million monthly active users. The company reported $261 million in revenue

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters With new risks from trade wars, stocks head into the final weeks of summer vulnerable to a pull back or even correction. The market was down sharply in the past week, buffeted first by disappointment over the Fed’s more hawkish-than-expected

Wages picked up and hiring continued strong in July but at a much slower pace than last year, reflecting an economy heading toward full employment but still with workers looking to move into the labor force. The economy added 164,000 nonfarm payrolls in July, just as expected, but revisions reduced job growth in May and

The bond market is bent on having its way and is now pricing in a Fed mistake. In a swift reversal, the bond market began to price in more easing a day after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell surprised markets with a low commitment to future interest rate cuts and a less dovish view than expected.

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines midday Wednesday: Apple — Apple rose 4.3% after announcing better earnings, sales and guidance than analysts expected. The tech giant reported

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Merck – The drugmaker reported adjusted quarterly earnings of $1.30 per share, 14 cents a share above estimates. Revenue also came in above forecasts. Merck’s results got a boost with strong sales of its Keytruda immunotherapy treatment as well as improved vaccine sales. Procter & Gamble

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Pfizer — Pfizer is merging its off-patent drug unit with Mylan in a stock swap deal to form a new entity, to be 43% owned by Mylan shareholders with Pfizer shareholders owning the rest. Separately, Pfizer reported adjusted quarterly profit of 80 cents per share, 5

Traders work beneath a monitor displaying Halliburton Co. signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Monday, May 2, 2016. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines midday Friday: Starbucks — The coffee company’s stock jumped 7% after Starbucks announced earnings

Traders work the floor at the NYSE. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The Fed is expected to cut interest rates for the first time in more than a decade Wednesday, a pre-emptive move as concerns rise about the impact of the trade wars and a slowing global economy. Friday’s July jobs report should show that the

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on “Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy” in Washington, July 10, 2019. Erin Scott | Reuters The Fed is expected to move ahead to cut interest rates by a quarter point Wednesday after second quarter GDP shows inflation is still

Europe’s head central banker was less inclined Thursday to interest rate cuts and monetary stimulus than expected, and his tone convinced markets that the Federal Reserve will have a similar stance at its meeting next week. The outlook now is that the Fed will trim rates by just a quarter percentage point, not a half

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Boeing – Boeing lost an adjusted $5.82 per share for the second quarter, as it deals with issues related to the 737 Max grounding. The commercial aviation unit lost nearly $5 billion in the second quarter, but the defense and services units posted profits. AT&T –

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Coca-Cola – The beverage giant beat estimates by 2 cents a share, with adjusted quarterly profit of 73 cents per share. Revenue came in above forecasts, as well, and Coca-Cola raised its full-year revenue forecast as demand grows for some of its newer soft drinks and

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Equifax – The credit reporting agency will pay up to $700 million to settle various federal and state probes of its 2017 data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 150 million Americans. Vail Resorts – The resort operator will buy rival Peak Resorts for

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) the morning after Donald Trump won a major upset in the presidential election on November 9, 2016 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines midday: Microsoft — Microsoft rose 1.7% and

Traders and financial professionals work at the opening bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), January 2, 2019. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Sluggish economic and earnings growth will be a theme in markets in the week ahead, as investors await a Fed interest rate cut at the end of the

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in the premarket Friday: American Express — American Express posted better-than-expected results for the previous quarter, driven by higher card member spending, and increasing loans and fees. The company

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Morgan Stanley – The investment bank reported quarterly profit of $1.23 per share, 9 cents a share above estimates. Revenue also beat analysts’ forecasts. CEO James Gorman said the quarter was solid across all of the company’s businesses. UnitedHealth – The health insurer reported adjusted quarterly

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Bank of America – The bank reported quarterly profit of 74 cents per share, beating consensus by 3 cents a share. Revenue was just above forecasts, with the bank’s results helped in part by stronger retail banking performance. Net interest income came in slightly below analysts’ forecasts,

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Goldman Sachs – Goldman earned $5.81 per share for the second quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.89 a share. Revenue also beat forecasts and Goldman boosted its quarterly dividend to $1.25 per share from 85 cents a share. JPMorgan Chase – The bank reported quarterly

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Facebook – Facebook is reportedly close to settling with the Federal Trade Commission by paying a $5 billion fine. The Federal Trade Commission has been conducting a probe of Facebook’s privacy practices. Amazon.com – Amazon.com has kicked off its fifth annual “Prime Day,” which this year

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Johnson & Johnson — Shares of the pharmaceutical and consumer goods company fell 4% after Bloomberg News reported that the U.S. Justice Department is launching a criminal investigation into whether or not the company lied to the public about potential cancer risks in its talcum baby

Stocks could struggle if the earnings message from corporate America focuses on the murky outlook for the economy and negative impacts from the trade wars, when companies start reporting second quarter profits in the week ahead. Earnings season is seen as the next big risk for a stock market that has soared to record highs

Check out the companies making headlines in the premarket: Illumina — Shares of the biotechnology company dropped 15% after Illumina reported preliminary revenue figures that disappointed investors. The company sees second-quarter sales coming in around $835 million. Analysts polled by Refinitiv expected revenue of $887.9 million. Zoom Video Communications, Slack Technologies — Zoom and Slack

Check out the companies making headlines in the premarket Thursday: Delta Air Lines — The airline reported better-than-expected earnings, lifting its stock by more than 2%. Delta reported a profit of $2.35 per share, topping a Refinitiv estimate of $2.28. Delta also posted a record revenue of $12.5 billion for the quarter. Amazon — Amazon

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds a press conference following a two day Federal Open Market Committee policy meeting in Washington, January 30, 2019. Leah Millis | Reuters Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, in prepared remarks for Congress, reaffirmed the Fed is concerned about economic weakness and that it will act as “appropriate” to sustain the

Check out the companies making headlines in the premarket Tuesday: Acacia Communications — Acacia shares surged 38% after announcing it will be acquired by Cisco Systems for $70 per share in cash, or approximately $2.6 billion. The deal is expected to close in second half of Cisco’s fiscal 2020. PepsiCo — The beverage and snacks

Check out the companies making headlines in the premarket Monday: Deutsche Bank — The German bank’s U.S.-listed shares traded 2.2% lower on news Deutsche would cut 18,000 jobs by 2022 in a massive restructuring effort to improve profitability. The bank will also shut down its global equities sales and trading business. Verizon — Verizon shares