Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: UnitedHealth — Shares popped more than 6% after UnitedHealth reported first-quarter earnings and revenue that beat analyst expectations. The company earned $7.23 per share, adjusted, on revenue of $11.72 billion. Analysts expected a profit of $6.57 per share on revenue of $109.57 billion. UnitedHealth also hiked its full-year earnings outlook. 3M — Shares fell slightly after the manufacturing giant posted lackluster guidance and mixed Q1 results. The company sees earnings per share between $8.50 and $8.70. Analysts polled by FactSet expected guidance around $6.50 per share. Amazon — The online retailer popped 3% after Amazon agreed to invest up to $25 billion in Anthropic as part of an expanded agreement to build out AI infrastructure. This comes on top of the $8 billion Amazon has already invested in the artificial intelligence startup in recent years. In turn, Anthropic said in the Monday announcement that it’s committed to spending more than $100 billion on Amazon Web Services technologies over the next 10 years. Apple — The tech stock fell less than 1% in extended trading after Apple announced that Tim Cook will step down as CEO on Sept. 1. Cook will assume the role of executive chairman and will be replaced by John Ternus, an insider who served as senior vice president of hardware engineering. A …
