AP - Homebuilder Lennar Corp. said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter loss narrowed, but the company continued to struggle through the housing market doldrums, posting a 61 percent drop in revenue and taking hefty charges to write down land values and deposits.

AP - ConAgra Foods Inc. said Thursday its fourth-quarter earnings grew almost 5 percent, helped by contributions from the commodity trading unit that the company just sold.

Reuters - Nike Inc stressed on Wednesday that it was still a growth company even as U.S. weakness spooked investors, sending shares down 5 percent on a day when the world's largest athletic shoe and apparel maker posted strong international results.

Reuters - Oracle Corp reported a 27 percent rise in quarterly profit as sales of new software beat expectations, but the company gave a cautious outlook citing economic uncertainties, and its shares fell 3 percent.

AP - Oracle Corp. finished its fiscal year with an impressive flourish, then pulled out a wet blanket.

Reuters - Research In Motion on Wednesday posted a profit outlook that fell short of analyst expectations, sending its shares 8 percent lower, even as the maker of the BlackBerry smartphone posted quarterly earnings that more than doubled.

Reuters - General Mills Inc on Wednesday reported a fall in fourth-quarter net earnings and said it expects costs to rise 9 percent in the current fiscal year as the food industry faces a continued increase in prices for grain, energy and other commodities.

Reuters - Monsanto Co posted a higher quarterly profit on Wednesday, but revenue and its full-year forecast fell slightly shy of expectations and its shares fell as much as 5 percent.