NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) on Friday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $2.34 billion.…NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) on Friday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $2.34 billion. The New York-based company said it had net income of 55 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for severance costs and non-recurring costs, came to $1.09 per share. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.06 per share. The largest U.S. cellphone carrier posted revenue of $36.38 billion in the period, also beating Street forecasts.