It's heating up. More than 100 S & P 500 companies are slated to post third-quarter earnings. Among them are Tesla, General Motors and Boeing. So far, the reporting period is off to a strong start. More than 70 S & P 500 names have posted their numbers, with 75% beating analyst earnings expectations. That includes Netflix, which reported an earnings beat on Thursday that sent the stock up 11% — its biggest one-day gain of the year.
Last quarter: BA posted a bigger-than-forecast loss and said it expects to burn cash again in Q3 . This quarter: Revenue is expected to be little changed year over year for the aerospace giant, according to LSEG. What CNBC airlines reporter Leslie Josephs is watching: "New CEO Kelly Ortberg will face investors anxious for details during his first earnings call since he took the helm in August. With an ongoing cash-bleed, the manufacturer on Oct.