Earnings alert: IBM, Yahoo score well
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Plus: Sony TV unit struggling...Nokia on upswing...Sun ekes out profit...Apple earnings sail past expectations.
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Plus: Yahoo profit falls ... Toshiba earnings dip, chip outlook dims...Verizon boosted by wireless, fiber.
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Stock index futures indicated a positive open on Wall Street on Monday in a thin day for earnings, while technology shares might grab attention as Yahoo  was set to rebuff a takeover bid from Microsoft.
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Plus: IBM targets well above expectations...AMD has wider loss due to charge on ATI purchase...Sony Ericsson exceeds expectations...Intel remains optimistic.
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There was a trifecta in tech earnings yesterday, with search engine king Google Inc., software giant Microsoft Corp. and online shopping leader Amazon.
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Investor's Business Daily - 1 Halting a recent tech slide, Big Blue preannounced that profit rose 24% to $2.80 a share ex items, 20 cents above views. A weak dollar helped lift IBM's revenue   10% to $28.9 bil. But IBM was mum on U.S. results. Meanwhile, German software giant SAP   said Q4 sales rose 10%, beating views. IBM shares rose 5% and SAP 4%.
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Some options investors, encouraged by Yahoo Inc.'s solid results, seem confident that Google Inc. shares will avoid any big moves after the Web search leader reports earnings next week, an options analyst said on Wednesday.
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Plus: Electronic Arts lowers outlook, shares fall...Sony profit up, forecast cautious...Matsushita profit up 22 percent...Amazon's profit up, margins squeezed.
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Yahoo Inc. reported on Tuesday a quarterly net profit that more than tripled from the year earlier, boosted by the sale of shares it held in rival Google Inc. and stronger online ad revenue that analysts said may signal good results from other Web search providers.
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IBM  shares could easily rise above $120, financial newspaper Barron's said in its May 28 edition, citing the company's forecast for higher earnings per share due to software sales, stock buybacks, and growth in emerging markets.
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Plus: Alcatel outlook weak...Cisco profit climbs...Time Warner lowers earnings target...Electronic Arts lowers outlook, shares fall.
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Whether high tech returns continue may become clearer this week, when two pairs of high-profile companies announce second-quarter earnings.
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Stocks rose on Friday, with the Dow industrials advancing 1 percent, helped by a higher-than-expected profit forecast from IBM  and earnings from General Electric Co  that met Wall Street expectations.
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BusinessWeek Online - On the surface, IBM seems to be cruising. Its stock is trading near a six-year high, at almost $106, and its overall financial performance has been improving steadily for more than a year. On May 29, the company raised this year&#39;s per-share earnings forecast after stepping up a stock repurchase plan.
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Ask Jeeves Inc.  and Yahoo Inc.  are showing stronger-than-expected growth and gaining market share, a Piper Jaffray analyst said on Friday, sending the Internet search companies' shares up in morning trading.
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IBM  on Thursday forecast 2008 earnings ahead of Wall Street expectations, sending its shares up 5 percent.
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Plus: Sun reports increased quarterly profit...SunPower profit drops, but outlook brightens...AT&T earnings up on wireless growth...Nokia earnings soar, market share solid...Qualcomm results show strong demand.