Burger King Holdings Inc, the second-largest U.S. hamburger chain, posted quarterly profit rose 29 percent as discount menus and late-night hours attracted more customers. The shares gained the most ever in New York trading.

Stockholm-based telecom equipment maker Ericsson announced layoffs alongside a plummet in fourth-quarter net profit on Friday.

Nissan October-December net income jumped 26.6 percent. The company kept its full year forecasts as strong sales appeared to quell looming worries about a U.S. slowdown and an unfavorably strong yen.

AstraZeneca Plc’s 2007 earnings were down 3 percent, the company said.

Pharmaceutical group Roche’s profit rose 10.44 billion dollars in 2007. The analysts expectations were beaten.

Honda Motor Co posted a better-than-expected 38 percent rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday, helped by strong global sales of its new CR-V crossover and brisk U.S. demand for the Accord sedan.

One of the U.S. biggest oil and gas companies - Occidental Petroleum Corp. –said Tuesday that its profit increased by 56 percent in the fourth quarter due to rewards from surging oil prices.

McDonald's Corp. reported that its fourth-quarter profit rose 3 percent due to income tax benefits and another period of strong sales at stores open at least a year.