Reuters - Motorola Inc posted a small quarterly profit after more than a year of disappointing results, as it sold more mobile phones than expected due to strength in North America, sending its shares up 13 percent.

Reuters - Sony Corp (6758.T) posted a bigger-than-expected 47 percent fall in quarterly profit and cut its outlook, hurt by its struggling mobile phone joint venture with Sweden's Ericsson (ERICb.ST), while rival Matsushita (6752.T) nearly doubled its profit on rising flat TV sales.

Reuters - Sony Corp (6758.T) posted a 39 percent fall in quarterly operating profit on Tuesday, hit by losses in its mobile phone joint venture with Sweden's Ericsson (ERICb.ST) and a firmer yen.

AP - AOL splashes images of Bollywood celebrities on its new home page for India. MySpace accepts sign-ups from mobile phones in Japan. Google departs from its customarily spartan home page and peppers its Korean site with colorful, animated icons.

AFP - Nokia will reimburse a German state over 1.3 million euros (two million dollars) to resolve a plant closure dispute that has cost the mobile phone giant tens of millions already, officials said Saturday.

AP - South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Friday that second-quarter net profit grew 51 percent compared with the same quarter last year led by its liquid crystal display and mobile phone businesses.