Earnings Report

Sony reported a surprise eightfold jump in quarterly profit as sales got a perk from a cheap yen and its bottom line was helped by gains from buildings and its stake in a video-game maker.

LG Display Co. says its earnings for the April-June quarter more than doubled thanks to improved demand for ultra-high-definition TVs.

Texas Instruments beat the Street on Monday with a 20% decline in 3Q profits, but the chip maker’s 4Q outlook for spooked shareholders.

Best Buy posted a higher quarterly profit Tuesday -- sending shares rallying -- as lower costs help offset lackluster sales at the tech retailer. 

Hit by slumping PC sales, Dell disclosed a 72% dive in 2Q profits, but the tumble wasn't as bad as Wall Street feared.

Dell moved up its earnings release by five days and reports suggest the struggling PC maker's profits will significantly miss expectations.

Bank earnings take center stage next week -- beginning with Citigroup on Monday -- and investors will learn how the biggest U.S. lenders fared during a rough second quarter.

MasterCard, the operator of the world's second-largest payments network, reported an 11.1 percent rise in quarterly profit as purchase volumes rose.

Property and casualty insurer Travelers' quarterly profit fell 16.6 percent as its underwriting gains declined and the company earned less from its fixed income and energy investments.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc's profit slumped for the third straight quarter as a $5 billion settlement of crisis-era legal claims ate into earnings in a tumultuous three months.

Morgan Stanley reported a fourth-quarter profit, compared with a year-earlier loss, as its legal costs plunged and compensation expenses fell..

Bank of America reported a 9.8 percent rise in profit for the final quarter of the year, helped by lower expenses.

Wells Fargo & Co, the biggest U.S. residential mortgage lender and a major lender to the energy industry, reported a 0.8 percent fall in profit.

Citigroup, the No.3 U.S. bank by assets, reported a massive jump in quarterly profit as costs plunged from a year earlier.

H&R Block Inc. unveiled a $3.5 billion stock-buyback program after the tax-preparation company's deal to divest its bank business closed a month earlier than expected.

IntercontinentalExchange Group Inc. (ICE) on Wednesday reported second-quarter profit of $283 million.

Shares of Mallinckrodt slid 12 percent Tuesday after the Irish drugmaker reported disappointing quarterly revenue and said growth in sales of its HP Acthar Gel, the target of a $5.6 billion acquisition last year, may be lower than it expected.

Switzerland's central bank is reporting a hefty loss for the second consecutive quarter after its decision to drop a cap on the franc's value against the euro sent the national currency soaring higher.

MetLife Inc. posted an 11% increase in second-quarter operating profit despite weaker revenue, as low interest rates continue to pressure the results of the U.S. life-insurance industry.

MasterCard Inc. (MA) on Wednesday reported second-quarter net income of $921 million.