Bank of America is the latest U.S. bank to beat expectations.
JPMorgan Chase quarterly numbers beat on both earnings and revenue.
The Wells Fargo sales scandal has led to the resignation of Chairman and CEO John Stumpf.
Smartphone maker Samsung has cut its profit forecast by 33%.
Samsung shares have been down as much as 8% in Korean trading as its crisis with the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone gets deeper.
Several Wall Street analysts called the Presidential Debate a draw.
There are at least 200,000 homes along the coast from Florida to North Carolina at risk of damage from the storm surge alone from Hurricane Matthew.
2 million Americans have been urged to evacuate along the U.S. Southeast coast as Hurricane Matthew barrels to Florida.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is said to be very interested in buying Twitter.
The British pound plunged to a 31 year low Tuesday, as Brexit fears came back into focus.