A Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-300 landing in Amsterdam. Nicolas Economou | NurPhoto | Getty Images Delta Air Lines‘ fourth quarter profits topped Wall Street’s expectations, as lower fuel prices and strong travel demand — particularly for high-priced premium tickets — lifted the Atlanta-based carrier’s results and boosted shares more than 4% in premarket trading
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J.P. Morgan Chase posted profit and revenue that smashed through analysts’ expectations on a strong rebound in trading revenue at the end of 2019. The bank said Tuesday that fourth-quarter profit rose 21% to $8.52 billion, or $2.57 a share, compared with the $2.35 estimate of analysts surveyed by Refinitiv. Managed revenue climbed 9% to
Pedestrians seen walking past Canadian athletic apparel retailer Lululemon in Shanghai. Alex Tai | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Lululemon Athletica raised its quarterly sales and profit outlook on Monday, boosted by strong holiday season demand. The athleisure apparel retailer now expects profit per share for the quarter ending Feb. 2 to be
Employees assist customers at the checkout counter of a J.C. Penney store. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images The announcement follows one from rival Macy’s a day earlier, in which Macy’s said its holiday same-store sales dropped 0.6%. The decline wasn’t as bad as many had feared, sending Macy’s shares higher on the news.
Pedestrians walk past a Victoria’s Secret store, a subsidiary of L Brands, in New York. Craig Warga | Bloomberg | Getty Images L Brands on Thursday reported shrinking holiday sales, leading the retailer to cut its earnings outlook for fiscal 2019. Shares of the company fell more than 4% in premarket trading. Victoria’s Secret’s parent