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CBS delivered a mixed set of third-quarter results, with earnings per share of 95 cents on an adjusted basis exceeding Wall Street analysts’ consensus forecast by two cents. Revenue grew just 1% to $3.3 billion, which did not clear the $3.37 billion bar set by analysts. It is expected to be the final quarter of…

Facebook stock gained ground in after-hours trading following the company’s release of stronger-than expected third-quarter results. It was another newsy day for a company seldom out of the headlines. Earlier Wednesday, it announced it had removed dozens of accounts linked to ill-intentioned forces based in Russia. In…

Comcast reported strong overall results for the third quarter, with earnings per share of 79 cents and total revenue of $26.83 billion, as cable results overcame softness at NBCUniversal. The consensus estimate of Wall Street analysts was for earnings per share of 74 cents and revenue of $26.77 billion. The Cable…

The Netflix management team spent a large portion of their 38-minute “earnings interview” for the third quarter highlighting their aggressive push into the film business and their view of streaming competition. CEO Reed Hastings touted the fourth-quarter slate of films, a nearly billion-dollar array of work from…

Netflix bounced back in the third quarter, posting financial results ahead of Wall Street estimates, while falling slightly short of its internal subscriber forecasts. Wall Street analysts had expected earnings of $1.04 a share, but Netflix delivered $1.47, nearly double the 89 cents a share in the year-earlier…

Apple beat Wall Street estimates for its third-quarter earnings and revenue, but sales of the iPhone — which still accounts for roughly half of all company revenue — came in lower than expected. Earnings came in at $2.18 a share, well ahead of analysts’ consensus for $2.10 a share, though the profit still slipped from…

UPDATED with details from the earnings call Google parent Alphabet beat Wall Street’s earnings expectations in its third quarter, but fell short on revenue. That miss caused the company’s stock to drop more than 5% in after-hours trading. Alphabet reported per-share earnings of $13.06, well above analysts' consensus…

Twitter shares rose 16% in early morning trading as the company reported stronger-than expected results for its third quarter, even as its efforts to crack down on abuse of the platform cost it millions of monthly users. The company reported adjusted earnings per share of 21 cents, well above Wall Street’s projections…

Netflix demonstrated that its second-quarter miss was an anomaly, reporting record third quarter subscriber growth. The company added 7 million subscribers in the September, exceeding its conservative forecast for 5 million net additions to the service in the third quarter. Netflix added 1.09 million subscribers in…