TechWeb - The search giant said quarterly profit nearly tripled, helped by a lower tax rate and expense controls, but revenue growth failed to impress investors.

Reuters - Truck maker Volvo posted quarterly pretax earnings below consensus on Friday but raised its outlook for the European truck market and said it would make an extraordinary pay-out to shareholders.

AP - The uncertainty that has at times waylaid Wall Street in the new year might be less of a factor in the coming week now that investors have been placated by generally good corporate earnings and upbeat comments from the Federal Reserve.

AP - The uncertainty that has at times waylaid Wall Street in the new year might be less of a factor in the coming week now that investors have been placated by generally good corporate earnings and upbeat comments from the Federal Reserve.

AP - Japan Airlines reported a net loss of 10.8 billion yen, or $89.9 million, in the latest quarter Tuesday, about the same amount of red ink as a year ago, partly due to soaring oil prices a dip in ski travel.

AP - BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's biggest mining company, said Wednesday its net profit rose 41 percent to a record $6.2 billion for the half-year through December.

AP - Prudential Financial Inc. raised its 2007 earnings guidance once again after the life insurance and investment giant reported that profit more than doubled in the fourth quarter, led by a turnaround in its investment division.

Reuters - Swedish security services firm Securitas AB (SECUb.ST) posted a fourth-quarter pretax loss on Friday after a large one-off charge.

AP - The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. failed for the second time in a year to win control of the London Stock Exchange PLC, revealing Saturday that its $5.3 billion hostile bid had been spurned by the British bourse's shareholders.

AP - The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. failed for the second time in a year to win control of the London Stock Exchange PLC, revealing Saturday that its $5.3 billion hostile bid had been spurned by the British bourse's shareholders.

AP - U.S. stock futures on Monday were adrift after some recent weakness, with Bristol-Myers Squibb lower in overseas trading on diminished hopes the pharmaceutical will be taken over.

Reuters - Sanofi-Aventis posted higher-than-expected fourth-quarter current operating profit, despite healthcare savings in Europe as well as generic rivalry, and the drugmaker predicted more growth for 2007.

FT.com - On a busy day for corporate earnings, European equity markets moved higher by mid-morning on Wednesday, helped by strength in the support services and software sectors and overnight gains on Wall Street and in Asia.

AP - China's leading Internet search engine, Baidu.com Inc., reported a fivefold increase in fourth-quarter net income as online marketing revenue more than doubled.

Reuters - U.S. shares are set to open lower on Friday before the Presidents Day long weekend as investors focus on economic data, options expiries and bid target Compass Bancshares , with little of note on corporate earnings.

AP - Puma AG, the maker of athletic shoes, shirts and other sporting goods, said Monday its fourth-quarter profit fell 26 percent as it tries to broaden its product base and expand into new regions.

AP - Japanese tire maker Bridgestone Corp. said Tuesday that full-year profit dropped by more than half last year due to higher prices for rubber, crude oil and other raw materials.

AP - The business idea hasn't changed. Medical device maker Medtronic Inc. says millions of people need implantable defibrillators, and it's a market that should grow at 10 percent a year or more, eventually.

TechWeb - Boosted by its booming PC business, Hewlett-Packard's quarterly profit rose 26%, topping Wall Street targets.

AP - Sempra Energy, the parent of Southern California's two major gas utilities and an energy trading business, on Thursday posted a 65 percent drop in fourth-quarter profits, hurt by investments in Argentina that soured when that country's economy collapsed five years ago.

AP - This week on Wall Street will be all about American consumers and whether their spending habits are strong enough to support a steady advance in stocks.

Reuters - Marvel Entertainment Inc. reported lower profit for the fourth quarter, as contributions fell from its domestic licensing and Spider-Man merchandising joint venture.

AFP - Sanyo Electric Co. said Tuesday that it may correct its past earnings reports following allegations of accounting irregularities.

FT.com - Stock markets across the Asia Pacific region opened weaker Wednesday morning, continuing a global slump from the previous day that saw US stock indices posting their steepest drop since the September 11 2001 terrorism attack.