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The earnings crunch continues this week. Among the highlights will be scheduled quarterly reports from Exxon Mobil and Chevron, from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Merck, from Time Warner and Viacom, and also from Twitter. Early Thursday, Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) is expected to say that it had earnings...

This weekend in Barron's online: the hype about 3D printer stocks, as well as the prospects for MetLife, Daimler, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, Samsonite and more. Cover Story "Beware 3-D Printing" by Alexander Eule. This new technology may hold great promise to eventually reshape U.S. industry...

The earnings season is winding down. Most of the S&P 500 have reported fourth-quarter results, and the good news is that earnings beats have outnumbered earnings misses. Here is a quick rundown of what analysts expect from some of this week's most prominent quarterly reports. America Movil...

Major indices finished Wednesday's trading session relatively flat as the Fed's minutes released had no impact on the markets. Minutes released from the Federal Reserve's latest meeting re-affirmed that many members on the committee wanted to proceed with caution in trimming the $85 billion...

The main question going in to Tuesday's trading session was whethere the Fed will decide to scale back its $85 billion monthly bond buying program. A budget deal in Congress and solid economic data make the case that tapering will begin sooner rather than later. Major indices were virtually...

This weekend in Barron's online: the top 10 stock picks for 2014. Also, the prospects for Coach, U.S. airlines, gold miners and more. Cover Story "Not Done Yet" by Andrew Bary. Even though it has gotten tougher to find bargains in the stock market after the big run-up this year, there are...

The earnings crunch rolls on. This week's highlights include quarterly reports from the two biggest companies by market capitalization, Apple and Exxon Mobil, which are expect to post declining earnings. Per-share earnings from General Motors are expected to be the same as a year ago, and...

The oil and gas industry will be well represented on this week's earnings stage, with reports due from supermajors Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX), and many others in the field. Viacom (NYSE: VIAB) and Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) will be the highlights among the various media companies...

This weekend in Barron's online: the outlook for Europe, 15 cheap stocks in a pricey market, and the prospects for cyber security stocks, Interpublic Group, Global Cash Access Holdings and Hess. Cover Story "Europe's Economy Will Rebound" by Jonathan Buck. "Europe's economy has hit bottom, and...

After taking a look at the prospects for higher interest rates and how investor sentiment might be affected by them, analysts at UBS (NYSE: UBS) have recommended three financial stocks that stand to benefit most from rising rates over the short term. They are insurers Lincoln National (NYSE: LNC...

According to the Associated Press, on Wednesday, the future home of the San Francisco 49ers received its name: Levi’s Stadium. 49ers CEO Jed York and Levi’s CEO Chip Bergh announced the $220 million, 20 year naming rights deal for the new $1.2 billion stadium that will be located 45 miles south...

First-quarter results from General Motors (NYSE: GM) will be one of the highlights on the earnings front this week. Analysts anticipate that the carmaker will say Thursday its revenue slipped about three percent from a year ago to $36.60 billion, but that earnings fell from $0.93 per share a year...

It is clear that as the housing market recovers, the home builder stocks, and even the big-box home improvement retailers Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Lowe's Companies (NYSE: LOW), have benefited from the boom. But in a research report released Tuesday, UBS (NYSE: UBS) analysts offer a list of...

Quarterly reports from General Motors (NYSE: GM) and Deere (NYSE: DE) will be among the highlights on the earnings front this week. The consensus forecast for the former calls for fourth-quarter earnings per share (EPS) to be more than 23 percent higher than a year ago to $0.51 per share. The...

Recent earnings disappointments from tech giants like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), as well as industrials such as Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and DuPont (NYSE: DD), have taken their toll. The S&P 500 is down about three percent in the past three weeks....