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POSCO's earnings might remain under pressure due to fragile demand and a jump in coking coal and iron ore prices after the world's No. 3 steelmaker missed expectations with a 36 percent fall in quarterly profit.
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Nokia Oyj's earnings fell less than expected in the first quarter and the company signed a final agreement to start using Microsoft Corpsoftware, sending its shares 3 percent higher.
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When Amazon.com Inc and eBay Inc report quarterly results next week, investors will try to determine how well the e-commerce rivals' expensive fight for shoppers is paying off.
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Advanced Micro Devices beat quarterly net earnings expectations and forecast current-quarter revenue in line with expectations as competition with industry leader Intel heats up.
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Canon will likely report an 8% fall in first-quarter operating profit and lower its full-year forecast, reflecting the impact from Japan's devastating earthquake, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Friday.
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General Electric Q1 net profit at USD 3.43 billion. Its net profit was at USD 3.43 billion.
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Ssangyong Motor has announced its first quarter results. The company's Q1 net loss at 43.4 billion Korean Won (USD 40 m).
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Apple Inc posted results that blew past Wall Street expectations, fueled by solid demand for its products.
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Reckitt Benckiser beat first-quarter earnings forecasts on Wednesday boosted by its SSL recent acquisition after last week's surprise news that Chief Executive Bart Becht was to retire sent its shares tumbling.
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IBM reported a decline in signings of new business at its global services division during the first quarter, even as it reported profit and revenue ahead of analysts' projections.
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Yahoo Inc said an important partnership with Microsoft Corp is taking longer than expected to pay off, but the company posted quarterly earnings that topped Wall Street targets, sending shares up in after-hours trading.
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Strong results from a clutch of technology heavyweights, led by top global chip maker Intel Corp and "cloud computing" specialist VMware Inc, may give the battered US tech sector a boost.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc posted a 72% decline in first-quarter profit as it made less money from trading bonds for clients.
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Taiwan's Acer Inc named insider Jim Wong as its new corporate president after the abrupt departure of its previous chief executive last month, and forecast a 10% fall in shipments this quarter, citing its recent reorganisation and a seasonal slowdown.
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Booming smartphone demand and cost cuts kept cellphone venture Sony Ericsson in the black in the first quarter as it battled supply disruptions from Japan's earthquake and tsunami.
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Harley-Davidson Inc reported a wider quarterly profit on Tuesday on higher income from the company's financial services division and a 3.5% increase in sales of new motorcycles.
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Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG is sticking to its 2011 outlook after posting stronger-than-expected first-quarter sales on the back of robust demand for its newest products.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc is expected to report sharply lower quarterly earnings due to weak trading results and a charge for buying back preferred stock from Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.
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Citigroup Inc's first-quarter profit fell 32% as shrinking loans and poor trading results pressured revenue while expenses surged.
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Citigroup Inc's first-quarter profit fell 32%, slightly beating expectations, as the bank lost less money on bad loans but struggled to grow its business.
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South Korea's LG Display, the world's No.2 LCD flat screen maker, posted its second consecutive quarterly loss on Monday, hit by tumbling panel prices and fragile demand from television and computer makers.
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Dutch consumer electronics giant Philips Electronics on Monday said it would divest its struggling television business as first-quarter net profit came in below expectations.
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Bank of America has declared its first quarter results. The company's Q1 net profit was at USD 2.05 billion.
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Google Inc's stunning 54% spending surge spooked investors already worried that its new CEO may take his eye off the bottom line to chase revenue growth, driving shares of the world's leading Internet search engine more than 5% lower.
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India-focused refiner and power generator Essar Energy's earnings rose 8^ in 2010, beating forecasts, and said it was confident on growth due to booming demand for energy in India.
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BMW raised its dividend after reporting consensus-busting 2010 results, helped by strong sales growth in China.
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A near trebling of annual profits by HSBC on Monday may not be enough for Europe's biggest bank to keep its profitability targets intact as its new management team faces up to tough regulatory costs.
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Volkswagen AG's record year results beat expectations, showing Europe's largest carmaker has enough financial firepower to complete its planned takeover of Porsche.
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AIA, Asia's No 3 insurer, beat forecasts with a 54% jump in 2010 net profit, but a slowdown in regional equity markets may cloud the outlook for future earnings growth.
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International trade picked up in the last three months of 2010 when growth in Chinese imports far exceeded its exports, reducing the country's trade surplus, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said on Thursday.
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Magna International Inc returned to a quarterly profit and hiked its dividend but earnings fell short of expectations on higher input costs and as losses deepened at its electric car unit.
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As technology giants and private equity firms look for potential acquisition targets, customer relationship company Convergys Corp may spark renewed interest, several sources familiar with the situation said.
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Swiss food giant Nestle said on Thursday that strong demand in emerging markets would help it offset rising raw materials prices.
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BNP Paribas, France's biggest listed bank, missed forecasts for fourth-quarter profit on Thursday after it booked a 534 million euro (USD 722.6 million) charge on the value of its stake in insurer AXA.
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Lenovo Group, the world's No.4 PC brand, beat expectations by posting a 25% rise in third-quarter net profit, its best result in more than two years, helped by a strengthening Chinese currency and lower component costs.
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German carmaker Daimler posted fourth-quarter earnings that missed forecasts and announced a bigger-than-anticipated dividend payout for 2010 and an upbeat outlook for 2011.
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Dutch bancassurer ING on Wednesday said it was focussing on repaying state aid as the group prepared to list its insurance operations and reported results mostly in line with analysts' expectations.
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Playboy Enterprises Inc posted a narrower but surprise quarterly loss, hurt by declining sales and costs related to its potential going-private transaction.
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BHP Billiton, the world's biggest miner, plans to pour USD 80 billion into expansions over the next five years rather than chase ambitious takeovers, after nearly doubling first-half profits to a record on booming demand for iron ore and copper.
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Dell Inc's quarterly earnings and margins blew past Wall Street expectations as component costs slid and corporations replaced aging technology, propelling its shares 6% higher.
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GetJar, the largest independent mobile software store, said on Tuesday it had raised USD 25 million from Tiger Global Management and Accel Partners to fund its wider push into Android software distribution.
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L'Oreal shares fell sharply on Friday, handing back some of their recent gains, after the world's biggest cosmetics group posted fourth-quarter sales and margins below expectations.
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Dell Inc hopes healthy business spending and favorable component costs will help it build on recent progress to improve profitability -- and convince investors still not sold on its turnaround efforts.
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DBS, which has underformed rivals in the past, promised better returns after beating expectations with a 38% rise in quarterly profit, setting the stage for a turnaround for Southeast Asia's biggest bank.
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Kraft Foods Inc reported higher-than-expected quarterly sales on Thursday, helped by its acquisition of Cadbury.
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Thomson Reuters Corp said it expects revenue to rise in 2011 after stronger growth in the fourth quarter and more signs that its financial and professional customers are recovering from the recession.
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Rolls-Royce posted a 4% rise in full-year profit, helped by solid growth at its civil aerospace and energy units and said it had paid most of the costs associated with last year's technical setbacks.
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French carmaker Renault said on Thursday it would target an operating margin above 5% of sales in 2013 as part of a long-awaited new six-year strategic plan.
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Credit Suisse missed profit expectations in the fourth quarter because of debt charges as investment banking hires began to paying off with good client momentum boosting the unit's profit.
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Network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc's quarterly results beat expectations, despite concerns about increasing competition and budget cuts among its debt-burdened clients in the public sector.
