Earnings Preview: UPS, Time Warner, Viacom, Sky, Colgate

Thursday's earnings report will include many companies that provide good indicators of the performance of the consumer sector.

Among the companies reporting are United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE:UPS), Time Warner Cable Inc (NYSE:TWC), Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIA), British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (ADR) (PINK:BSYBY), and Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL).

United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS): Before U.S. markets open on Thursday, UPS will report its earnings for the last three months of 2012. Analysts are looking for the company to show earnings of $1.38 per share on revenues of $14.4 billion. In the same period...