Stocks to Watch: Chevron, Starbucks, AIG

Chevron reports earnings Friday; Starbucks tops earnings estimates and hikes its dividend.
By Joseph Woelfel ,

NEW YORK --

Chevron

(CVX) - Get Report

is expected by analysts Friday to report third-quarter profit of $2.83 a share on revenue of $64.1 billion in the September-ended period.

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Other companies posting earnings Friday include

Berkshire Hathaway

(BRK.B) - Get Report

,

Dendreon

(DNDN)

,

Madison Square Garden

(MSG) - Get Report

,

Progressive Corp.

(PGR) - Get Report

,

Sealed Air

(SEE) - Get Report

and

Washington Post

(WPO)

.

Starbucks

(SBUX) - Get Report

, the coffee giant, on Thursday beat Wall Street's earnings view by a penny, hiked its fiscal 2013 forecast, outlined ambitious growth plans and lifted its quarterly dividend by more than 20%.

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Insurance giant

AIG

(AIG) - Get Report

posted third-quarter earnings of $1.86 billion, or $1.13 a share, in the September-ended quarter on Thursday. A year earlier, AIG reported a loss of $4 billion.

Operating income in the latest quarter was $1 a share; analysts expected 87 cents.

Priceline.com's

(PCLN)

quarterly results came in above analysts' forecasts. The quarter featured a a 25.2% jump in gross bookings to $7.8 billion.

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LinkedIn

(LNKD)

posted third-quarter adjusted earnings on Thursday that topped forecasts as revenue jumped 81%.

Advance Auto Parts

(AAP) - Get Report

has hired advisers to explore a potential sale of the company to private equity, according to multiple reports, in a deal that could top $6 billion.

-- Written by Joseph Woelfel

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