AP - Toymaker Hasbro Inc. said Monday second-quarter profit rose, helped by demand for products related to movies including "Iron Man" and "Star Wars."

Reuters - Bank of America Corp on Monday reported quarterly profit that fell less than expected, causing shares of the largest U.S. retail bank and mortgage lender to soar despite a surge in bad loans.

AP - Bank of America Corp. has become the latest in a string of big banks whose second-quarter earnings, while hurting from the impact of the credit crisis, still managed to beat Wall Street expectations.

AP - Wall Street fluctuated Monday as investors watched the price of oil regain ground and decided to cash in some of their gains from the market's big rally last week.

AFP - A newly revived Wall Street faces a fresh test of momentum in the coming week with a wave of corporate results that may indicate whether the latest rebound is for real.

AP - Wall Street closed out an impressive week with a mixed performance Friday after disappointing high-tech earnings punctured some of investors' enthusiasm over better-than-expected bank earnings reports. But the major indexes still ended the week with big gains, the result of rising optimism about the troubled financial sector.

AP - Oilfield services provider Schlumberger Ltd. opened the petroleum sector's midyear earnings period on a strong note Friday, reporting a nearly 13 percent jump in profit driven by robust spending among customers searching for new sources of crude and natural gas.