NEW YORK (AP) — Investors to Corporate America: Meh.

U.S. companies are reporting strong profits for the fourth quarter of last year. But most are failing to impress investors who were hoping for even better numbers or rosier outlooks, and are too worried about larger global macroeconomic forces to do much buying.

Recommended Stories

Once an afterthought, Mississippi creeps onto the Senate battlefield

Democrats stand athwart progress, yelling, ‘Stop’

HBO’s ‘War,’ with Dominic West, is a clever legal drama