We are in the second-half of the first-quarter earnings season. This week is the second busiest of this reporting cycle, as more than 1,900 companies are slated to report their quarterly financial numbers. Earnings results are so far better than expected. Meanwhile, a few U.S. corporate bigwigs are set to beat on earnings this week. A handful of them currently carry a favorable Zacks Rank. The combination of a favorable Zacks Rank and an earnings beat should drive their stock prices in the near term. As of ...