1.   Aplus announced the earnings forecast revision and share offering after trading ended on the Osaka Stock Exchange.

2.   A day after making the earnings forecast, the company said its chief executive, Seth Schofield, would step down once a replacement is found.

3.   Early that morning, two Wall Street analysts reduced their third-quarter earnings forecast for Viacom.

4.   Five of six analysts cut their fourth-quarter earnings forecast in the past month, according to IBES International Inc.

5.   Its current full-year earnings forecast will be unaffected, Sakura said.

6.   Shares of Honda Motor Co. traded in the U.S. rose after the carmaker raised its full-year earnings forecast.

7.   Sebastian Heng, an analyst with DBS Investment Research, has cut his stock recommendation and earnings forecast for the company, better known as STIC.

8.   SMH Chairman Nicolas Hayek told journalists before the press conference that his earnings forecast given to a Swiss newspaper in April still holds.

9.   Texas Instruments reported higher revenue and earnings but also forecast that the runaway growth in chip sales in the first half of the year would slow.

10.   The company reversed its fiscal year earnings forecast to a loss late yesterday and canceled its dividend.