Strong first quarter earnings from Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) have helped pushed the market higher to start off the week. Shares of Caterpillar are up 4.5% on the day to $71.91, up $3.13 following better than expected results this morning before the market opened. Analysts were forecasting $0.39 per share, and the company easily outpaced those estimates with a reported $0.50 per share. Revenues were a bit shy of analyst estimates, but the stock ...

Shares of Xerox (XRX) are soaring today, and set a new 52 week high today after posting better than expected first quarter numbers. Going into this mornings earnings report, analysts were forecasting $0.15 per share, verses $0.05 during the same period last year. Actual earnings came in well above estimates, at $0.18 per share excluding special items. Revenues were up by 33% during the quarter to $4.7 billion. Analysts had forecast revenues of ...

Some more big name companies are going to take their turn reporting earnings tomorrow. Here are a couple of the stocks to keep an eye out for tomorrow when they report earnings: Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) : Following tomorrow's market close, online auction giant Amazon is going to report its first quarter results. Analysts are forecasting earnings of $0.61 per share, verses $0.41 during the same period last year. American Express Co. (AXP) ...

Earnings season continues to chug right along, and tomorrow we have some more big names due to report their quarterly earnings. Here are a few of the names reporting tomorrow: Coca Cola (KO) : Coca Cola will be reporting first quarter numbers tomorrow, and analysts have forecast $0.74 per share. During the same period last year Coca Cola had earnings of $0.65. Apple Computer (AAPL) : Apple is going to report fiscal ...

This afternoon after the market closed, search engine giant Google Inc. (GOOG) reported better than expected earnings for its first quarter. As we noted in our Google earnings preview, analysts had forecast earnings of $6.60 for the quarter. Google outpaced analyst earnings by posting earnings of $6.76 a share. Despite posting better than expected earnings figures, the stock traded down nearly 5% in after hours trading as investors reacted negatively to the ...