World Week Ahead: Earnings season accelerates

World Week Ahead: Earnings season accelerates
Jonathan Underhill
By Margreet Dietz Oct. 17 (BusinessDesk) - Earnings from Bank of America and other American companies and the latest US economic data including on the consumer price index are a key focus this week, and speeches by Federal Reserve officials will be combed for clues on a December interest rate hike. Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley, as well as Netflix, Microsoft, General Electric and Intel are among the US companies scheduled to report their latest quarterly earnings in the coming days.  "At the end of the day, it real...