Viacom Inc. (VIAb.N) quarterly profit breezed past expectations as consumers set aside money worries to scoop up the new Beatles video game and buy tickets for box-office hits like "Transformers" and "G.I. Joe."

Whirlpool Corp reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Friday as cost cuts offset weak sales, and the world's biggest appliance maker raised its full-year forecast.

General Motors Co is on track to complete a wrenching cost-cutting but faces the risk of an uncertain U.S. economy and rising unemployment as it tries to win back consumers, the automaker said on Wednesday.

The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it rejected an appeal by former Qwest Communications International Inc Chief Executive Joseph Nacchio of his insider trading conviction on the grounds that he did not get a fair trial.

Rite Aid Corp, the No. 3 U.S. drugstore chain, said it expected a wider fiscal-year loss than it previously had forecast as sales keep falling, sending its shares down nearly 7 percent.