Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Friday’s session are General Electric Co., McDonald’s Corp., and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. GE GE, +1.00% is projected to report fourth-quarter earnings of 55 cents a share, according to a consensus survey by FactSet. McDonald’s MCD, +0.61% is forecast to post fourth-quarter earnings of $1.22 a share. Bank of New York BK, +3.12% is expected to post earnings of 59 cents a share in the fourth quarter. Honeywell International Inc. HON, +0.14% is likely to report fourth-quarter earnings of $1.42 a share. Kansas City Southern KSU, +2.78% is forecast to post $1.23 a share in the fourth quarter. Kimberly Clark Corp. KMB, +1.18% is projected to report fourth-quarter earnings of $1.37 a share. State Street Corp. STT, +3.14% is likely to post fourth-quarter earnings of $1.27 a share. After Thursday’s closing bell, Starbucks Corp. SBUX, +1.78% said first-quarter profit rose to $983.1 million, or $1.30 a share, from $540.7 million, or 71 cents a share, a year earlier. On an adjusted basis, the company said it earned 80 cents a share, in line with analysts’ estimate. E-Trade Financial Corp. ETFC, +2.86% reported its fourth-quarter earnings fell to $41 million, or 14 cents a share, from $58 million, or 20 cents a share, in the same period a year ago. Excluding non-recurring items, adjusted earnings per share were 26 cents, matching the FactSet consensus analyst estimate. Revenue rose $461 million from $446 million. DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. DWA, +3.05% will cut 500 jobs and take a $290 million pre-tax charge as part of a new strategic plan to restructure its feature film business. Intuitive Surgical Inc. ISRG, +1.40% said its fourth-quarter profit fell 12% to profit of $146.8 million, or $3.94 a share, as operating expenses offset higher revenue. Capital One Financial Corp. COF, -1.31% reported a fourth-quarter profit of$999 million, up from $852 million a year earlier. Earnings per share from continuing operations were $1.68 a share, with net income of $1.73 a share. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected per-share profit of $1.74. Maxim Integrated Products Inc. MXIM, +0.43% shares advanced 5.7% to $34.90 on moderate volume after the integrated-circuit maker reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of 33 cents a share on revenue of $566.8 million while analysts expected 29 cents a share on revenue of $560.5 million. marketwatch