Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC) and Wells Fargo & Co (WFC) continued a mixed earnings season for big bank stocks on Friday morning. Neither company wowed Wall Street, despite both banks reporting third quarter earnings beats.

This week, Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) provided shareholders with a handful of updates related to its virtual reality initiatives. Despite Facebook’s overwhelming success in the online advertising business, more Oculus Rift price cuts are evidence the Facebook VR story is not going according to plan.

Citigroup Inc (NYSE: C) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) kicked off big bank earnings season with a mixed bag of results on Thursday morning. Overall, both banks reported earnings and revenue beats for the third quarter, but investors were most concerned about the banks’ trading revenues.

McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD) has been a top performer for investors so far in 2017, gaining 33.8 percent and more than doubling the return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 index.

Not even Irma and Harvey could blow Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL) earnings off track in the third quarter. Despite major headwinds from the hurricanes, Delta reported third-quarter earnings and revenue beats on Wednesday but warned investors of an expensive fourth quarter ahead.

After another up day for Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) and a down day for Amazon.com (AMZN) on Tuesday, Alibaba is within about $5 billion of eclipsing Amazon’s $474 billion market capitalization and reclaiming its title as the largest e-commerce company in the world.

It’s no secret the U.S. retail industry has been under pressure in 2017. However, Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE: WMT) has been fighting tooth and nail against Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) and other competitors, and its latest guidance indicates the company – and WMT stock itself – is holding its own.

In its latest attempt to avoid bankruptcy, Sears Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: SHLD) has reached back into the pockets of CEO Eddie Lampert once again to secure a $100 million loan. Unfortunately for Sears investors, the company’s latest desperate injection of capital to make it through the critical holiday shopping season does little to change its bleak long-term outlook.

Not even Costco Wholesale Corporation (Nasdaq: COST) could escape the difficult U.S. retail sales environment in the most recent quarter.

Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) is once again raising the monthly price of its most popular streaming subscription packages. Netflix stock jumped more than 5 percent on Thursday on investor optimism that the price hike will help Netflix boost free cash flow as it continues to beef up its content library.