While you were sleeping US earnings hopes

While you were sleeping US earnings hopes
By Margreet Dietz Jan 23 (BusinessDesk) - Wall Street advanced amid optimism that quarterly corporate earnings will continue to surpass modest expectations. Shares of Freeport McMoRan, Travelers Cos and DuPont received a boost from their results that bettered expectations, rising 5.1 percent, 2.8 percent and 1.8 percent respectively. Johnson & Johnson, however, failed to deliver, and shares were last 0.6 percent lower. So far, 73 percent of the 74 companies in the S&P500 that have released results beat projections, according to data compile...