• Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) posted Q3 EPS of $0.21, ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.17. Revenues for the quarter came in at $1.07 billion

• Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) reported Q4 EPS of $7.05, lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $7.24 per share. Revenues for the quarter came in at $28.30 billion

• Forest Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:FRX) reported Q2 EPS of $0.91, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.99 per share. Revenues for the quarter increased 7.4% year-over-year to $1.17 billion, above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.15 billion

• W.W. Grainger, Inc. (NYSE:GWW) posted Q3 EPS of $2.44, ex-items, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.35 per share. Revenues for the quarter rose 11.4% year-over-year to $2.1 billion

• Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) reported a Q3 loss of $0.84 per share, exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate for a loss of $0.06 per share. Revenues for the quarter were $3.59 billion, below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $5.6 billion

• Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) posted Q3 EPS of $1.24, ex-items, exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.21 per share. Revenues for the quarter rose 6.8% year-over-year to $16.0 billion, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate

• Share prices of dialysis clinic operator DaVita Inc. (NYSE:DVA) increased 6.08% to close at $65.39 after the company raised its operating outlook for the fiscal year

• Financial services provider State Street Corporation’s (NYSE:STT) share prices gained 10.69% a day after the company posted third-quarter earnings results exceeding estimates

• Share prices of tech giant International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) declined 4.12% after the company's sales figures for the third quarter missed expectations

• Analysts at Goldman Sachs upgraded shares of AK Steel Holding (NYSE:AKS) to "Neutral" rating from "Sell" rating

• Analysts at JP Morgan upgraded shares of TE Connectivity (NYSE:TEL) to "Overweight" rating from "Underweight" rating with a target price of $40 on the stock