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For the first time since becoming chief executive of Coca-Cola Co in 2008, Muhtar Kent looked at the sales scorecard he carries around all the time and saw no red marks.
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British group Reckitt Benckiser said it aimed to outperform a consumer goods industry coping with rising input costs and tough economies this year, when posting fourth-quarter earnings that missed forecasts.
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Nissan Motor Co's quarterly profit fell 15% on a stronger yen and sliding Japanese sales, but the decline was the slimmest among local automakers as a slew of new models helped Nissan beat the sector's growth in key markets.
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McDonald'sCorp on Tuesday said global sales at established restaurants rose more than expected in every region except the United States.
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Norway's Telenor ASA took a fresh swipe at part-owned Vimpelcom over its expansion plans on Tuesday as it posted a rise in fourth-quarter earnings on the back of strong Asian growth.
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World's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal has reported a net loss of USD 780 million for the quarter ended December 2010.
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Toyota Motor Corp reported a 47.6% drop in quarterly profit, hit by tanking Japanese car sales and a firm yen, highlighting its damaging exposure to the loss-making export business.
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UBS returned to a modest profit at its investment bank in the fourth quarter and struggled to attract new client money to its wealth management business, showing chief Oswald Gruebel still has a way to go to turn around the bank.
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ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, will show on Tuesday the extent to which recovering steel prices have been making up for a surge in iron ore and coal costs after a sharp squeeze late last year.
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Genpact has reported net profit of USD 46 million, a growth of 33% on year-on-year basis.
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Cognizant has reported net profit of USD 733.5 million, a growth of 37.1% on year-on-year basis.
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Toyota Motor Corp is expected to report a huge drop in quarterly profits on Tuesday hit by tanking Japanese car sales and a firm yen, highlighting its damaging exposure to the loss-making export business.
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Macquarie Group, Australia's top investment bank, tipped a 5% fall in second-half profit on subdued equity volumes but said overall market conditions were recovering from the global financial crisis.
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Genpact Ltd, a business process and technology services provider, posted quarterly profit that edged past estimates but forecast 2011 revenue below expectations as it continues to see longer sales cycles and smaller deal sizes.
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IT services provider Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp forecast 2011 results above Wall Street estimates, after beating the market with a solid fourth quarter, as it continues to ride the recovery wave seen by its clients.
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Genpact Q4 net profit up 33% at USD 46 million, year-on-year, YoY.
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Cognizant Q4 net profit was up 37.1% at USD 733.5m, year-on-year, YoY.
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IT services provider Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp posted a 43% jump in quarterly profit helped by strong demand, and forecast a strong 2011.
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Suzuki Motor Corp, Japan's number four automaker, posted a 31% rise in quarterly profit on Monday on brisk sales in Asia, but stuck to its conservative forecasts as competition intensifies in its key Indian market.
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LVMH, the world's biggest luxury group, posted forecast-beating fourth-quarter comparable sales on Friday, boosted by strong Christmas trading, and proposed a higher dividend on the back of a record year
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World number two truck maker Volvo posted a smaller-than-expected rise in fourth-quarter earnings on Friday, hit by problems as output was ramped up, but raised its market outlook for its main markets.
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Viacom's quarterly revenue dropped a greater-than-expected 5% drop on a decline of DVD sales at Paramount Pictures, and its shares whipsawed throughout the trading day.
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MasterCard Inc's fourth-quarter profit soared 41%, beating expectations, as consumers around the world spent more money using credit and debit cards.
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MasterCard Inc's fourth-quarter profit soared 41%, beating expectations, as consumers around the world spent more money using credit and debit cards.
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Hitachi Ltd recorded a near doubling of quarterly operating profit as it cut costs and boosted sales in emerging economies, and raised its annual outlook for the second time to above market expectations.
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc posted a near fivefold increase in fourth quarter net profit on Thursday, powered by higher oil prices, and putting more distance between itself and troubled rival BP.
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Japan's Sony Corp is expected to post a 15% fall in profit for October-December on Thursday, hurt by a stronger yen and tough price competition in the market for flat TVs.
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Visa Inc said on Wednesday quarterly profit rose 16% to USD 884 million, slightly beating expectations, as consumer spending ramped up and the company processed more transactions abroad.
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Mobile phone operators Vodafone and Teliasonera will post results on Thursday showing emerging markets and Internet data connections offsetting price competition and regulation in Europe.
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Consumer goods giant Unilever Plc/NV is set to report on Thursday a strong end to 2010, while striking a cautious note for 2011 due to soaring commodity costs and tough rivalry in emerging markets.
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc is expected to announced a 75% rise in underlying profit on Thursday, powered by higher oil prices and putting more distance between itself and troubled rival BP.
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Time Warner Inc's fourth-quarter profit and revenue beat Wall Street expectations, thanks to a 21% jump in cable advertising sales from programs like Conan O'Brien's late night talk show.
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AOL Inc reported better-than-expected profit but revenue declined sharply as the Internet company suffered from slides in advertising sales and dial-up subscriptions.
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Panasonic Corp plans further cost cuts to compete with South Korean rivals including Samsung, after stiff price competition in televisions and a stronger yen hurt its quarterly profit.
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Panasonic Corp reported a worse-than-expected 5.6% fall in October-December profit despite help from a Japanese government incentive scheme and its buyout of subsidiary Sanyo Electric
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Nomura Holdings, Japan's biggest brokerage, is expected to post a gain in profits as a rise in fees from stock and bond trading at home helped it outweigh the cost of expanding overseas.
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Deutsche Bank reported fourth-quarter pretax profit well below estimates, weighed down by restructuring costs at the investment bank and the integration of Deutsche Postbank and Sal Oppenheim.
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Mercator Lines Singapore Q3 PAT was down 32% At USD 5.09 million, year-on-year, YoY.
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KEC International sees quarter ending March would be better than all the quarters in the financial year 2010/11, its chief executive officer and managing director said on Monday.
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Honda Motor Co raised its annual profit outlook above market expectations as a recovery in the key US market helps counter the strong yen and sliding Japanese sales, which weighed on third-quarter earnings.
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Ford Motor Co is expected to post its biggest annual profit in a decade on Friday, after lowering operating costs and increasing sales to make it No 2 in the US market.
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Caterpillar Inc reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit and raised its sales forecast, sending its shares to an all-time high, as rising commodity prices increased mining industry demand for its earth-moving equipment.
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Procter & Gamble Co and smaller rival Colgate-Palmolive Co posted lower quarterly net income, hurt by sluggish sales in developed markets like the United States.
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Potash Corp, helped by rising demand for fertilizer as world food prices soar, has doubled its profit and issued far stronger forecasts for the year ahead, sending its shares more than 3% higher on Thursday.
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Samsung Electronics Co, the world's top memory chipmaker, reported its weakest profit in six quarters, as muted demand for televisions and computers hit prices of its mainstay chips and flat screens.
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Amazon.com forecast lower margins than some investors hoped for, reflecting the costs of its growth strategy, and shares of the world's largest online retailer plunged 8.5%.
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SanDisk Corp offered a forecast for the current quarter and 2011 above Wall Street's expectations, in a sign the flash memory supplier continues to benefit from strong demand for mobile devices.
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Nintendo Co Ltd reported a 46.5% fall in nine-month profit, as sales of its ageing DS handheld device tumbled ahead of the launch of a new, 3D-capable model.
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BSkyB is set to post a near 25% jump in first-half adjusted operating profit on Thursday, underlining the danger to News Corp of any delay in negotiating its USD 12.5 billion bid offer.
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Indian-focused mining group Vedanta Plc posted a 35% jump in third quarter core earnings on Thursday, driven by strong metals prices and higher output after buying zinc operations from Anglo American.
