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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are edging higher in early trading Thursday as investors react to the latest fourth-quarter earnings reports from corporate America. American Airlines is rallying after it beat analysts' expectations, while spice maker McCormick is sinking. Technology companies are climbing.

The European Central Bank confirmed that it plans to leave interest rates unchanged until this summer at the earliest, and left its support from the European economy unchanged despite a variety of concerns including trade tensions, slowing economic growth, and the effects of Britain's pending departure from the European Union.