Automatic Data Processing ( NASDAQ: ADP ) earned $0.62 per share in the second quarter of fiscal 2010, which ended 31 December 2009.  This amount was 5 percent greater than the $0.59 per share earned one year earlier.  If a favorable...

Broadridge Financial ( NYSE: BR ) earned $0.24 per diluted share in the second quarter of fiscal 2010, which ended 31 December 2009.  This result was 12 percent more profitable than earnings per share of $0.21 in the same quarter of the...

Cisco Systems   ( NASDAQ: CSCO ) earned $0.30 per share, on a GAAP basis, in fiscal 2010's second quarter , which on ended 23 January 2010.  This result was 23 percent more profitable than earnings per share of $0.26 in the same quarter...

Tidewater ( NYSE: TDW ) earned $1.16 per diluted share in the quarter that ended 31 December 2009, which was the third quarter of Tidewater's fiscal 2010.  This result was 49 percent less profitable than the record-high $2.28 earned in the...

BP ( NYSE: BP ) earned $1.36 per diluted ADS in the quarter that ended 31 December 2009.  This fourth-quarter profit attributable to shareholders more than reversed the $1.07 loss per ADS in the same quarter of 2008. This post examines...

Procter & Gamble ( NYSE: PG ) earned $1.49 per diluted share -- $1.01 from continuing operations and $0.48 from discontinued operations -- in the quarter that ended 31 December 2009, which was the second quarter of P&G's fiscal 2010. ...

Microsoft ( NASDAQ: MSFT ) earned $0.74 per diluted share, on a GAAP basis, in the quarter that ended 31 December 2009, which was the second quarter of Microsoft 's fiscal 2010.  Earnings soared from $0.47 in the December quarter of the...

Nokia Corp. ( NYSE: NOK ) earned €0.26 per diluted share in the fourth quarter of 2009, which ended on 31 December, up from €0.15 in the same quarter of 2008. This post examines Nokia's Income Statement for the quarter and compares the...

ConocoPhillips ( NYSE: COP ) earned $0.81 per diluted share, on a GAAP basis, in the fourth quarter of 2009 , which ended 31 December.  This result includes non-cash impairment charges totaling $573 million ... "primarily related...

Apple ( NASDAQ: AAPL ) reported earnings of $3.67 per diluted share in the quarter that ended 26 December 2009, which was the first quarter of Apple's fiscal 2010.  In this quarter, Apple revised, in a very substantial way, how it accounts...