HSBC profit beats forecast
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Europe's biggest bank HSBC Holdings   beat analysts' median forecast with an 18 percent rise  in first-half profit on Monday, helped by a strong performance  at its investment bank and in emerging markets.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc  said on Tuesday its fourth-quarter earnings rose as a timely bet against subprime mortgages and higher investment banking fees helped it sidestep the credit crunch that hammered the rest of Wall Street.
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Barclays, the UK's third-biggest bank, has said that interim net profits soared 25.3 percent, with strong investment banking offsetting a jump in bad consumer-loan write-offs.
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Third-quarter profit, helped by sales of jet fighters and electronic warfare systems, beat Wall Street expectations, but the companyâs forecast for next year was slightly below analystsâ estimates.
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THE Australia and New Zealand Banking Group announced a record increase in full-year profit of almost 20 per cent yesterday. ANZ, the smallest of Australia&#39;s big four banks, generated after-tax profit of $2.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS.N and  Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. LEH.N on Tuesday posted  higher-than-expected quarterly profits, fueled by surprising  strength in bond trading and investment banking growth.
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Global banking giant HSBC has said that its bad debt charges rose modestly in its third quarter but noted that its overall financial performance was better than in the same period a year earlier.
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NEW YORK -- Investment banking firm Morgan Stanley said yesterday that its third-quarter profit surged on stronger investment banking and trading business, surpassing analysts' expectations.
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Swedish fashion giant Hennes &   Mauritz AB HMb.ST posted third-quarter pretax profits just   above market forecasts on Wednesday, while its August   like-for-like sales also beat expectations.
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Profit at No. 4 bank rises, but misses estimates as revenue from home loans tumbles 40 percent. NEW YORK  - Wells Fargo &amp; Co.
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The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) -- which is fronting a European consortium&#39;s takeover bid for Dutch giant ABN Amro -- said on Tuesday that first-half earnings would beat market expectations.
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Northern Rock&#39;s full-year profit will at least meet analysts&#39; expectations as the mortgage bank continues to pile on business despite the slowing housing market.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. posted fourth-quarter profit Wednesday that trounced Wall Street forecasts due to an unexpected revival of its investment banking business, a signal that could bode well for some of its rivals.
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British pay-TV company BSkyB said its first-quarter profit climbed as its closely-watched subscriber growth figures surpassed analyst expectations.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , the largest investment bank by market value, said on Tuesday quarterly earnings rose to a record, despite recent fears that mortgage market woes and flagging stocks would hurt results.
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HSBC Holdings  on Monday said its 2006 profits rose 5 percent, short of analysts' expectations, as Europe's biggest bank took a $10.6 billion hit for bad debts after problems in its U.S. mortgage lending.
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Hormel Foods Corp.  on Wednesday posted higher quarterly profit, in line with raised expectations it announced earlier this month, and gave a forecast for current quarter earnings that was higher than analysts estimates.