| Dow stocks 3M (MMM), Caterpillar (CAT), and Procter & Gamble (PG) are among the dozens of companies out with earnings this morning. Dow component Microsoft (MSFT), along with Amazon (AMZN) and Google(GOOG) release quarterly results after the bell. (CNBC) |
 Caterpillar Chairman and CEO Doug Oberhelman joins CNBC's "Squawk Box" at 8 a.m. ET to break down the heavy-equipment maker's earnings and see what they might indicate about the overall economy. |
| Facebook (FB) late Wednesday reported mixed results-earnings that beat expectations and revenue that just missed. But the social media giant announced strong user growth and more than 4 billion daily video views. (CNBC) |
| Petrobras (PBR) lost $8.8 billion in the fourth quarter after taking a write-down of $16.8 billion due to what the Brazilian oil giant described as corruption and other disruptions. (CNBC) |
| As the Russian atomic energy agency gradually took charge of a company that controls one-fifth of all uranium production capacity in the U.S., a stream of cash made its way to former President Bill Clinton's charitable organization. (NY Times) |
| A group of small banks and credit unions, suing Target (TGT) over its massive 2013 data breach, is moving to block the retailer's proposed $19 million settlement with MasterCard (MA). (Reuters) |
| Chinese antitrust regulators have fined Mercedes-Benz about $57 million, accusing the company of fixing prices on luxury cars and some spare parts, the latest big-ticket penalty for a foreign carmaker in China. (NY Times) |
| Ray-Ban has asked Sen. Rand Paul's presidential campaign to stop selling the brand's Wayfarer sunglasses, which Paul had imprinted with the "Rand" logo. (The Hill)
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