Merrill Lynch Q2 profit rises 31 percent
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Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.  said on Tuesday second-quarter net earnings surged 31 percent on strong investment banking results, helping the company shrug off concerns that subprime mortgage-related activities would be a spoiler.
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Johnson & Johnson  on Tuesday said second-quarter profit rose on higher sales of medical devices and prescription drugs, with especially strong demand in overseas markets.
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Wall Street rose moderately in early trading, boosted by news that Merrill Lynch will receive an investment of up to $6.2 billion from two investment groups.
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M&amp;T Bank Corp. , which counts  billionaire Warren Buffett as its second-largest shareholder,  on Wednesday said quarterly profit rose 8 percent, helped by  rising mortgage banking revenue.
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Citigroup Inc. , the largest U.S. bank, said on Friday that second-quarter profit rose, helped by record revenue and expense controls.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the third- largest US securities firm, said profit rose 30 percent as fixed-income and commodities trading revenue increased by almost $1 billion and fees from mergers advice climbed.
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Investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. , said on Tuesday second quarter profit rose, helped by a surge in investment banking revenue.
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The household appliance maker said its second-quarter profit rose 77 percent as strong international growth offset weak industry demand and higher material prices.
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Goldman Sachs reported second-quarter earnings on Thursday.
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Second-quarter earnings at International Business Machines Corp. rose 12 percent and beat Wall Street forecasts Wednesday, largely on the strength of IBM's software division and improvement in its services unit.
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The company reported strong second-quarter results and said its profits for all of 2007 would beat analystsâ expectations.
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KeyCorp , the largest U.S. Midwest bank, on Tuesday said second-quarter profit rose, helped by growth in fee income rose, helped by growth in fee income.
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Wall Street was higher after a better-than-expected profit report at Research in Motion and on word that Merrill Lynch might have lined up a cash infusion from a Singapore fund.
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Goldman Sachs today posted a 30 percent jump in profit for its latest quarter, helped by strong growth across its segments.
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Northrop Grumman Corp.  said on Tuesday second-quarter profit rose a greater-than-expected 7 percent, helped by higher information technology sales and an insurance gain at its storm-hit shipbuilding unit.
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Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp.  said on Wednesday quarterly profit rose 31 percent, helped by higher government spending on its electronic systems and lower pension costs.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ,  said on Tuesday that quarterly profit rose 27 percent, beating  expectations, on surging revenue from bond underwriting and  stock trading.