Week in Preview: Banks Step Into the Earnings Spotlight

Fourth-quarter 2010 earnings season ramps up this week. Analysts expect strong results from some big corporate names. And on the heels of last week’s big earnings beat from JPMorgan Chase, the financial sector will have plenty …

Another Earnings Season, Another Flat to Down Market?

The S&P 500 gained about 13% last year, but it didn’t get much help while companies were releasing results. That index was unchanged or lower for all four of 2010’s earnings seasons, and it could repeat this pattern now.
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General Motors Posts $2 Billion Third-Quarter Profit

With just days to go before its anticipated initial public offering of stock, General Motors reported Wednesday that it earned $2 billion in the third quarter, its most profitable this year.
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