DuPont Beats Earnings Expectations, Twitter may be Close to Layoffs




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Summary: DuPont ( ) earnings came in at 34 cents a share versus 21 cents a share expected. Revenue at the chemical company was $4.9 billion when $4.8 billion was expected. DuPont also raised its 2016 adjusted earnings per share. DuPont is one of 6 Dow Jones Industrial Average companies to report earnings today. Twitter (TWTR) is reportedly ready to go through another round of layoffs. Bloomberg reports the job cuts could be announced this week. According to the report, the layoffs will shrink Twitter's workforce by 8%, or 300 employees. The announcement could come Thursday morning when Twitter announces its earnings. Anheuser Busch ( ) tried out a 'driverless beer run'. The beer giant hauled a trailer loaded with beer 120 miles in an autonomous driving truck, completing what it believed to be the first commercial shipment by a self-driving vehicle. The trip happened last week in Colorado.