'Star Trek' licensing helps boost CBS earnings

Shares of the media company slipped 0.02 percent to $54.20 in extended trading, after closing at $54.21 on the New York Stock Exchange. The company, which owns cable channel Showtime, radio stations and publishing house Simon & Schuster, said net income rose to $423 million, or 93 cents per share, in the second quarter ended June 30 from $332 million, or 67 cents per share, a year earlier. Analysts on average had expected 86 cents, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.