International Results

BlackBerry Q3 revenues top expectations; shares rally

In the quarter ended November 28, the Waterloo, Ontario-based company reported a loss of USD 89 million, or 17 cents a share. That compared with a year ago loss of USD 148 million, or 28 cents a share.

Accenture raises 2016 rev forecast after Q1 beat

The company's revenue from North America, which accounted for about 47 pct of total revenue in the quarter, rose 9 percent to USD 3.76 billion. In local currency, the rise was 11 percent.

Oracle profit forecast fails to impress; shares fall

Oracle forecast third-quarter profit of about 63-66 cents per share, with revenue flat or up 3 percent which translates to USD 9.33 billion-USD 9.61 billion. The company's shift from licensing software to cloud-based subscriptions has squeezed its margins.

Wal-Mart earnings dip but beat expectations

Walmart, the world's biggest retailer, said earnings for the quarter ending October 31 were down 11 percent to USD 3.3 billion. That translated into USD 1.03 per share, better than the 98 cents projected by analysts.

Emerging markets boost Cisco Q1 profit by 33% to $2.4 bn

The US-based firm saw its revenues grow by 3.6 percent to USD 12.7 billion in the quarter under review as against USD 12.2 billion in the year-ago period, helped by over 40 percent growth in markets like India and China.

Viacom revenue down, but US ad sales declines ease

Chief Executive Officer Philippe Dauman told analysts on a conference call that he expected US ad sales to continue to improve this quarter. Viacom shares rose nearly 3 percent.

Lenovo Q2 net loss $714mn; India helps boost revenue by 16%

The company had registered a net profit of USD 262 million in the year-ago period. Without one-time costs, Lenovo said its profit would have been USD 166 million.

Data boom, user addition drive Vodafone revenue up 11%

The British telecom firm had posted service revenue of Rs 20,601 crore in April-September 2014, it said in a statement.

Vodafone revenue rises in Q2; beats estimates

The world's second largest mobile operator posted second quarter organic service revenue growth of 1.2 percent, an improvement on the 0.8 percent it saw in the first quarter and ahead of the 0.9 percent analysts were expecting.

Toshiba swings to operating loss, sues former CEOs

The laptops-to-nuclear power conglomerate posted an operating loss of 79.5 billion yen (USD 645.66 million) in the July-September second half of the current fiscal year that began in April. That compared with a 90.2 billion yen profit a year earlier.

ArcelorMittal Europe reports Q3 loss of 23 mn euro

ArcelorMittal Europe had reported operating profit of 125 million euros in the same quarter of last year.

Societe Generale Q3 group net profit up 27% to $1.2b

Chief executive Frédéric Oudéa told CNBC that the figures were "solid results, in particular growth of revenues, good performance of retail, good monitoring of cost and low cost of risk. Hence a net profit which is progressing, capital ratio also, so really in line with what we want to achieve."

FB revenue, profit beat forecasts; shares hit all-time high

Facebook now has 8 billion video views per day from 500 million people, compared with 4 billion views in April.

Cognizant Q3 Net grows 12%, raises revenue guidance

The company raised annual revenue guidance to at least USD 12.41 billion, up at least 21 percent compared to 2014 and expects fourth quarter 2015 revenue to be at least USD 3.23 billion.

Suzuki lifts full-year net profit outlook on strong India

Japan's fourth-largest automaker said it now expects a net profit of 125 billion yen (USD 1.03 billion) for the year to March 31, 2016, up from its previous forecast of 110 billion yen.

Taro Pharma Q2 profit falls 7% on lower revenue, EBITDA

Operating income was down 22 percent to USD 125 million in quarter ended September 2015 compared to USD 160.27 million in corresponding quarter of last fiscal.

HSBC Q3 pretax profit up 32% on lower regulatory costs

The bank's pretax profit was USD 6.1 billion, up from USD 4.6 billion in the same period a year ago, HSBC said in a Hong Kong stock exchange filing on Monday.

Sharp posts big loss on smartphone downturn

Earlier this year, Sharp said it was cutting 10 percent of its 49,000 global workforce as part of a turnaround plan intended to keep it afloat after posting a bigger- than-expected USD 1.86 billion annual loss.

EXL Q3 net profit at $15.2 mn; ups 2015 revenue guidance

The company's net income was USD 6.1 million for the same quarter last fiscal. Revenues for the quarter under review increased 33.4 per cent to USD 163.5 million from USD 122.5 million during the same quarter last fiscal.

LinkedIn profit beats as hiring services, ads revenue jumps

LinkedIn has been spending heavily on expansion by buying up companies, hiring sales personnel and increasing its presence in China and other markets outside the United States.

Deutsche Bank Q3 trading gains overshadowed by writedowns

Revenue at its Corporate Banking and Securities business rose 2 percent to 3.2 billion euros, helped by higher revenue in rates, credit and distressed and emerging markets, Germany's largest lender said in a statement on Thursday.

Sony videogame sales help it swing to Q2 operating profit

Sony's operating profit for July-September came to 88 billion yen (USD 729 million), slightly above the 87.3 billion yen average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters.

Nokia Q3 beats estimates, to return $4.4 bn to shareholders

Nokia, which this month secured regulatory approval for its proposed 15.6 billion euro (USD 17.1 billion) takeover of French rival Alcatel-Lucent, also brought forward its 900 million euro cost savings target for that deal by one year to 2018.

LG Elec Q3 operating profit drops 37%, beats estimates

The world's No.2 television maker behind Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said the July-September profit was 294 billion won (USD 257.43 million), down from 465 billion won a year earlier.