McDonald's reported first-quarter sales increased 11% on strong growth in international locations. The U.S. restaurants same store sales increased 3.5% largely on menu price increases.

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Stocks in New York are looking up after another wave of positive earnings. The Nasdaq Composite Index is expected to open 2% higher and Meta Platforms is 15% up in pre-market trading.

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Cheesecake Factory reinstated its stock repurchase program and quarterly dividend of 27 cents. Quarterly earnings shot up five-fold after all capacity restrictions were lifted at all restaurant concepts operated by the chain.

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Facebook parent Meta Platforms added users in the first-quarter 2022 but net income fell 21% largely on the drop in ad revenues in the U.S. and Canada region.

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Stocks struggle to climb higher after losing momentum in the final hour of trading. The Nasdaq jumped as high as 1.7% but closed down. Microsoft gained 5% and Google declined 4%.

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Skechers USA Inc reported first-quarter 2022 sales increased 27% and earnings rose 23%. The third-largest footwear brand is on track to achieve $10 billion sales by 2026.

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Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc said higher labor and food costs were offset by price increases across the menu. Comparable restaurant sales increased 9% and digital sales account for 42% of total food and beverage sales.

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Boeing dropped on revenue miss and larger loss. CME Group jumped on higher revenues. F5 Inc outlook disappointed. NCR plunged on revenue miss and unexpected loss. CoStar quarterly revenues jumped. Visa lifted annual outlook. Skechers USA revised higher quarterly and annual outlook range.

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Benchmark indexes opened higher a day after the Nasdaq Composite index dropped to a new low in 2022. European markets rebounded and Russia halted gas deliveries to Poland and Bulgaria. In Asia, indexes in Japan and India dropped but in Shanghai rebounded.

Alphabet Inc, parent of Google, said quarterly revenue growth slowed to 23% from 34% in the year ago period. YouTube revenue growth fell short of expectations and cloud services segment revenues soared 44%.

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Microsoft said March quarter revenues increased 18% driven by strong performance in its enterprise, personal, and cloud computing segments.

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Tech selloff intensified in the afternoon trading after nervous investors decided to sell stocks ahead of earnings. Nasdaq entered the bear territory with a loss of 21% in the year so far.

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UPS reported first-quarter 2022 revenues increased 6.4% and adjusted net income rose 10% from a year ago. Average Total domestic package volumes declined to 19.7 million from 20.4 million a year ago.

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PepsiCo said first-quarter 2022 revenues rose 9.3% and reported better-than-expected earnings on strong performance in its food and beverage businesses. The company also lifted its annual outlook.

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The S&P 500 index fell 1.4% and Nasdaq Composite dropped 2% as investors await earnings from tech leaders this evening. Crude oil added 1.6% to trade above $100 a barrel and U.S. Treasury 10-year bond yield edged lower. European markets trimmed early gains.

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