Visa shrugs off downturn

Rising prices boost Shell and BP
Record oil prices help Royal Dutch Shell and BP to report strong profits for the first three months of 2008.

Downturn sparks Electrolux loss
Electrolux posts a loss for the first three months of 2008 as hard-up consumers bought fewer appliances.

Yahoo reports a jump in profits
Yahoo, fending off a takeover bid from Microsoft, says profits tripled in the first three months of 2008.

Generic competition hits Pfizer
Pfizer posts an 18% drop in profits for the first three months of 2008 on a loss of US exclusivity for key drugs.

Write-downs dent JP Morgan profit
JP Morgan Chase sees profits in the first three months of 2008 fall, partly due to the credit crisis.