Microsoft 4Q profit rises, Web ad business rocky - CNBC
SEATTLE - With a Yahoo Inc. search deal uncertain at best, Microsoft Corp. plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars more than expected in the next year to whip its

IBM shares jump as profit rises - Raleigh News & Observer
Selling services to clients is lucrative, even in slow economy SAN FRANCISCO - IBM’s second-quarter profit leaped 22 percent, blowing past Wall Street estimates as the technology

Krung Thai Bank Q2 net profit jumps, lagging forecasts - Reuters
BANGKOK, July 18 (Reuters) - State-run Krung Thai Bank PCL KTB.BK, Thailand’s second-largest bank, reported a nearly four-fold jump in quarterly net profit on Friday, due mainly to

Schlumberger 2nd-Quarter Profit Rises as Oil Climbs to Record - Bloomberg
July 18 (Bloomberg) — Schlumberger Ltd. , the world’s largest oilfield-services provider, said second-quarter profit rose 13 percent as record crude prices prompted customers to