Whole Foods is the latest to announce a special payout due to fears of higher dividend taxes if Washington can't reach a fiscal cliff deal.
American Eagle is the latest youth-oriented retailer to report strong results, a sign that teens are continuing to shop despite economic worries.
While the glass manufacturer has been struggling this year, Corning said that LCD shipments should be better than forecasts.
'Rise of the Guardians' didn't fare well at the box office on Thanksgiving weekend. That hit the company's stock hard.
Scholastic shares are lower on weaker-than-expected sales of Hunger Games and the looming fiscal cliff school budget cuts.
Once the pride of Silicon Valley, HP's write-down and sales woes could force the company to make drastic changes to stay competitive.
The tech giant is spending more than $1.2 billion in cash to buy cloud networking company Meraki. Cisco investors like the deal.
Dell's latest results were awful, sending shares of the struggling stock even lower. A similar fate likely awaits Hewlett-Packard next week.
Berkshire Hathaway upped its stake in Viacom. Separately, earnings beat forecasts. But sales were down and Viacom's stock has lagged rivals.