Earnings Report

State-owned phone company China Unicom says first-half profit jumped on higher mobile data revenue and lower fees to connect to a rival's network.

An analyst firm says Samsung Electronics Co., the world's biggest maker of smartphones, saw its sales drop in the second quarter.

AT&T reported a 7% drop in second-quarter earnings, even though the telecom giant's wireless business added more customers than expected.

Sprint Corp reported a smaller fourth-quarter loss than expected and a surprise increase in wireless subscribers, sending its shares rallying 7%.

The blue-chip telecom company topped fourth-quarter estimates by a penny, while beating top line views as well.

Dish Network blew away expectations by announcing it added 35,000 pay-TV customers and swung to a stronger third-quarter profit.

Despite continued subscriber losses, Sprint generated a third-quarter profit amid one-time investment gains. 

AT&T chimed in after the bell on Wednesday with 3Q earnings per share that topped expectations, while revenue came in as expected.

The No. 4 U.S. wireless provider shocked analysts by revealing 1.1 million net subscribers.

Time Warner Cable posted a 6.4% rise in 2Q profits, but the No. 2 U.S. cable operator’s revenue missed estimates.

Sprint posted a wider-than-feared 2Q loss due to the shutdown of its Nextel business and a bigger-than-expected drop in contract subscribers.

Microsoft Corp said it was changing the way it reported financial results to reflect its emphasis on cloud and mobile businesses.

Applied Materials reported a 9.9% rise in quarterly revenue as chipmakers spent more on technology used to make smartphones and memory chips.

Microsoft reported a $3.2 billion quarterly net loss, hurt by charges related to its Nokia phone business and job cuts, and weak demand for its Windows operating system.

Intel Corp. said its second-quarter profit fell 3.2%, the latest fallout from a personal-computer slump that is hurting much of the chip sector. But the company also projected far better revenue and margins than analysts had expected for the third quarter, sending shares up 7.8% to $32 in after-hours trading.

The world's largest seed giant agreed to pay $930 million to acquire The Climate Corp. and revealed a quarterly loss of $249 million.

The online media group reported a rise in first-quarter revenue as revenue display ads increased 8% to $140 million.

Adobe Systems Inc. on Thursday said profit more than doubled in its fourth quarter, driven by lower restructuring charges and higher digital-media revenue.

Shares of Cisco dropped around 2% after hours, however, as the company revised its second-quarter outlook.

 The technology giant posted its 14th straight quarter of year-to-year revenue declines.