Reuters - Federal Express may be the proverbial canary in the coal mine.

Reuters - Wall Street analysts raised their fiscal 2008 earnings estimates for Goldman Sachs Group Inc on Wednesday, a day after the investment bank posted second-quarter results that exceeded expectations.

Reuters - General Mills Inc said on Wednesday it expects earnings for the recently ended fiscal year to beat expectations after a 13 percent sales gain in the fourth quarter, and its shares rose 3 percent.

AP - Morgan Stanley on Wednesday said fallout from the credit crisis caused a 61 percent slide in quarterly profit, an amount that would have been steeper if the investment bank didn't sell about $1.4 billion of assets.

AFP - German sports car maker Porsche confirmed Wednesday its earnings targets for its current fiscal year despite slowing economic conditions and uncertainty over its mooted Volkswagen takeover.

AP - FedEx Corp. reported a fourth-quarter loss Wednesday and offered a gloomy outlook as it wrestles with a slumping U.S. economy beset by soaring fuel costs and falling prices for homes.

Reuters - Morgan Stanley on Wednesday said quarterly earnings dropped by more than 50 percent on trading losses and a slowdown in investment banking, even after the investment bank realized $1.43 billion of pretax gains from asset sales.

Reuters - Package delivery company FedEx Corp posted a quarterly loss on Wednesday due to high fuel prices, a weak U.S. economy and a previously announced write-down, and issued a weak forecast for fiscal 2009.

Reuters - Goldman Sachs Group Inc said on Tuesday quarterly earnings fell 11 percent as market turmoil hit trading and slowed investment banking, yet the firm again exceeded expectations by avoiding major losses on assets slammed by the credit crisis.

Reuters - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc's shares dropped 7.6 percent on Tuesday, as earnings from rival Goldman Sachs Group showed how difficult the future could be for Lehman, analysts said.

AP - Goldman Sachs navigated yet another quarter of market turmoil and tight credit, with runaway prices of commodities such as oil and gold helping to drive profit.

AP - Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the world's largest investment bank, on Tuesday said second-quarter earnings fell about 10 percent, but still easily beat lowered Wall Street expectations on higher fees from asset management and stock underwriting.

Reuters - Goldman Sachs Group Inc said on Tuesday quarterly earnings fell 11 percent as market turmoil hit trading and slowed investment banking, yet the firm again exceeded expectations by avoiding major losses on assets slammed by the credit crisis.