Multinational earnings hit hard by strong dollar

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - As earnings season heats up, a slew of large multinational companies have posted disappointing results and outlooks with a common culprit to blame - a strong dollar. The impact has crossed sectors, ranging from industrials to technology, affecting companies that garner a large portion of their sales from outside the United States. United Technologies , which gets about 62 percent of its sales from outside the United States, cut its 2015 full-year outlook