Homebuilders may have dragged the S&P 500 today, but Toll Brothers CEO Douglas Yearley remains optimistic as he delivers insight on FY 2013 Q1 earnings. "We're going to have big numbers in the second half of the year," he said.
GM reported fourth quarter earnings on Thursday that fell short of analysts' expectations, as losses in Europe widened and prices in its key North American market softened.
Spencer Rascoff, CEO of Zillow, says mobile use of Zillow's site is growing rapidly as the housing market improves and users migrate to mobile devices. You can use it while you're looking at a home, he says.
"The report, noisy as it is, may help ease ideas that has surfaced earlier this month that the Fed may look to soon pull back from its asset purchases," said one strategist in response the surprise drop in GDP.
South Korea's Hyundai Motor posted a surprise 5.5 percent fall in quarterly net profit, missing forecasts, as record car sales were dented by the impact of a stronger local currency and the cost of compensating drivers in North America for overstated fuel-economy claims.
CNBC's Courtney Reagan reports on a strike Wal-Mart employees are planning for Black Friday, and that the company is saying "investigations regarding allegations of potential FCPA violations have been commenced in a number of foreign markets."
Groupon earned $569 million in Q3 versus revenue estimates of $590 million, and the stock is tanking after the miss. Aaron Kessler, Raymond James senior analyst, weighs in.
Michael O'Leary, CEO of budget airline, Ryanair speaks to CNBC about strong second quarter earnings , a big dividend at the end of November and raising their full year guidance quite significantly.
Michael Browne, fund manager at Martin Currie, explains to CNBC that while European third quarter earnings are not the best they have certainly exceeded expectations during the ongoing period of economic uncertainty.
Earnings disappointments from Amazon and Apple could make for a sour start for stocks Friday. One analyst expects Amazon shares could take the brunt of it.