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Sanyo Electric Co., a troubled electronics maker that may get bought out by bigger Japanese rival Panasonic, reported Wednesday its second quarter profit dwindled to about a third of what it was a year earlier.

Plus: Comcast shows resilience...Sony's quarterly profit falls...SAP profits fall...EarthLink profits on cost cuts.

Exxon Mobil Corp. set a quarterly profit record for a U.S. company Thursday, surging past analyst estimates.

JPMorgan Chase reported a surprise quarterly profit Wednesday, even as the company took a hit related to its purchase of failed savings and loan Washington Mutual and warned of earnings pressure in the months ahead.

Goldman Sachs reports a 70% fall in quarterly profit, avoiding the meltdown sustained by some of its rivals.

Retail behemoth Wal-Mart Stores reported a surge in quarterly profit Thursday, topping Wall Street's expectations.

Stocks weakened early Wednesday as investors considered Freddie Mac's steeper-than-expected quarterly loss and Cisco Systems' better-than-expected quarterly profit one day after a big market rally.

Oil giant Exxon Mobil breaks its own record for the highest ever quarterly profit by a US company but its shares fall.