This is The Takeaway from today's Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with: The chart of the day What we're watching What we're reading Economic data releases and earnings Oh, the love-hate relationship with quarterly earnings. On the one hand, business media loves us some quarterly earnings! Each quarter, a company releases its financial numbers, providing transparency to its investors. We listen to high-profile executives hop on a webcast and talk abo ...