Earnings growth elusive but outlooks brighten By: MarketWatch November 14, 2009 at 00:01 AM EST Third-quarter earnings season is coming to an end with the mildest profit decline in two years. Read More >> Related Stocks: 3M Co Alcoa American International Group Caterpillar Chevron Corp Cisco Systems Dow Chemical Dow Jones Industrial Average (EOD) Exxon Mobil Ford Motor Goldman Sachs Group Home Depot Intel Corp JPMorgan Chase & Co Lowe's Companies Target Corp Valero Energy Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Walt Disney Wells Fargo