AP - Alcoa Inc.'s second-quarter earnings rose as improvement in the manufacturing sector brought higher sales and prices that offset rising raw material costs.
AFP - US aluminum giant Alcoa kicked off corporate earnings season Monday, reporting that its net income in the second quarter was $322 million, more than double the level from the same period last year.
Reuters - Wall Street heads into earnings season this week playing a typical game: Worrying about results a lot, and then rallying on pleasant surprises.