Instant view: Groupon stays in the red, Cisco hikes dividend (Reuters) Company Earnings News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 08 Feb 1000 2012 21:39:58 GMT Reuters - Groupon Inc posted a quarterly loss, defying Wall Street's hopes that the fledgling daily deals company had eked out a profit in the final three months of 2011. Its shares tanked.

Summary Box: CVS Caremark 4Q profit rises (AP) Company Earnings News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:53:07 GMT AP - THE RESULTS: CVS Caremark Corp.'s fourth-quarter net income climbed nearly 4 percent. The company earned $1.06 billion, or 81 cents per share. Adjusted earnings were 89 cents per share, in line with the average analyst forecast.

Summary Box: Nissan quarterly profit rises (AP) Company Earnings News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:12:59 GMT AP - RISING ABOVE: Nissan's quarterly profit rose 3.2 percent on healthier sales that offset production damage from flooding in Thailand and a battering from the strong yen.

Avid shares surge on first profit in 4 years (Reuters) Company Earnings News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:00:28 GMT Reuters - Shares of Avid Technology Inc jumped 25 percent to a six-month high after the maker of digital audio and video editing products reported a quarterly profit for the first time in four years.

Optimism springs eternal in Cisco shares ahead of results (Reuters) Company Earnings News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:55:16 GMT Reuters - Cisco's earnings have had a way of crushing the dreams of optimists in the last two years.

Summary Box: Sprint's fourth-quarter report (AP) Company Earnings News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:44:30 GMT AP - IPHONE IMPACT: Sprint started selling the iPhone in October, joining Verizon and AT&T. It's an expensive project for a company already losing money.

Time Warner beats forecasts, shares up (Reuters) Company Earnings News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:08:04 GMT Reuters - Time Warner Inc posted better-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday helped by its cable networks and the last installment of its Harry Potter movie franchise.

Disney earnings beat despite shaky economy (Reuters) Company Earnings News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:40:03 GMT Reuters - Walt Disney Co's quarterly revenue fell short of Wall Street's expectations after the movie studio put in a poor showing, but profit grew at a faster-than-expected 12 percent clip as media networks and theme parks held strong in an uncertain economy.

Spanish writedown costs Scandinavia's SAS dear (AP) Company Earnings News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:45:42 GMT AP - The Scandinavian airline group SAS recorded a loss of 1.7 billion kronor ($250 million) in 2011 after taking a big writedown following the bankruptcy of Spanish budget carrier Spanair.

Statoil earnings surge on higher oil, gas prices (AP) Company Earnings News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:09:12 GMT AP - Norwegian oil company Statoil ASA on Wednesday said its profits soared in the fourth quarter on higher oil and gas prices and a one-time gain from the sale of a stake in a gas transportation company.