BNY Mellon to buy PNC global investment services business for $2.31 billion

BNY Mellon to pay $2.31B in cash for PNC division

Ag products company ADM’s 2Q profit slips 2 percent as revenue falls due to lower prices

Archer Daniels Midland profit slips, revenue falls

Marathon turns profit in 4Q as higher oil prices boost revenues

Marathon earns $355M in 4Q on higher oil prices

ADP’s 2Q profit climbs 5 percent on flat sales, helped by tax gain, lower costs

ADP’s 2Q profit boosted by tax gain, lower costs

‘Avatar,’ ‘The Hurt Locker’ lead Oscar nominations with 9 each

‘Avatar,’ ‘The Hurt Locker’ lead Oscar nominations

Economic optimism continues to lift world markets; Australian dollar slumps

Economic optimism continues to lift world markets

Cost cutting boosts Lexmark’s 4Q profit; company signals improving demand

Cost cutting boosts Lexmark’s 4Q profit

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Lexmark International Inc. said Tuesday that cost cutting helped boost its fourth-quarter profit, beating Wall Street forecasts and lifting the printer and copier maker’s shares by 11 percent in premarket trading.

Iran says strengthening of US missile defense system in Gulf aimed at sowing regional division

Iran: US missile system meant to sow Gulf division

UPS says stronger peak season and international operations boosted 4Q profit to $757M

UPS 4Q profit nearly triples from year earlier

Archer Daniels Midland profit slips 2 percent as revenue falls

Archer Daniels Midland profit slips 2 percent

Hershey 4th-quarter profit rises on price increases and lower charges; company boosts dividend

Hershey 4Q profit climbs; dividend raised

NEW YORK — The Hershey Co. said Tuesday that higher prices helped boost its fourth-quarter profit and it will continue to look for potential acquisitions as its competitors get bigger.

Homebuilder D.R. Horton posts profit for fiscal 1st quarter, helped by tax gain

D.R. Horton posts profit for Q1

D.R. Horton posted its first quarterly profit in three years Tuesday and predicted it would stay in the black at least through the first half of this year.

Hershey 4th-quarter profit rises on price increases and lower charges

Hershey 4Q profit climbs, partly on price hikes

Dow Chemical rebounds from year-ago loss, turns 4th-qtr profit on sales growth across segments

Emerging markets drive Dow Chemical’s 4Q profit

Stocks set to extend rally into 2nd day ahead of report on pending home sales

Stock futures rise ahead of housing sales report

Whirlpool 4Q profit more than doubles; sales rise, helped by big gains in Latin America, Asia

Whirlpool 4th-quarter profit more than doubles

After retreat, Citigroup set to expand again in Japan with 4 retail branches

Citigroup to expand retail banking in Japan

German retail sales edge up 0.8 percent in December amid cautious Christmas shopping

German retail sales up 0.8 pct in December

Life insurer MetLife expected to turn profit in 4th quarter, could seek acquisition

Ahead of the Bell: MetLife 4Q earnings

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — MetLife Inc. is expected to continue to show that it’s one of the strongest national life insurers when it reports fourth-quarter results Tuesday afternoon.

Whirlpool profit more than doubles; sales rise, helped by big gains in Latin America, Asia

Whirlpool profit more than doubles

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — Whirlpool says cost-cutting and big sales gains in Asia and Latin America helped it more than double its fourth-quarter profit. The world’s largest home appliance maker also posted a 2010 outlook above expectations.

Chinese activist living at Tokyo airport says China will finally allow him to enter country

Man who spent 3 months in Tokyo airport to leave

Toyota gas pedal fix too late to prevent backlash in US, elsewhere as sales take battering

Toyota pedal fix too late to prevent backlash

In New Hampshire, Obama pitching anew his plan to offer $30B in small-business loans