AP - Coca-Cola reported an effervescent fourth quarter Tuesday, as the company sold more of its drinks globally and its earnings beat analyst expectations.
AP - Switzerland's biggest bank, UBS AG, saw its profits slide by 76 percent in the fourth quarter, in a further sign that a $2 billion trading scandal last year has dented business at a time of economic weakness in Europe and abroad.
AP - THE NEWS: Coca-Cola Co.'s fourth-quarter net income fell 71 percent in the fourth quarter, mainly due to a benefit it received last year buying North American operations of one of its bottlers.
AP - PAYING DIVIDENDS: BP PLC raised its quarterly dividend by 14 percent after posting double-digit gains in profit and revenue in the last three months of 2011.
AP - GlaxoSmithKline PLC voiced some optimism over its new product development this year, while reporting a return to profit in the fourth quarter when it reaped the benefits of lower restructuring costs and reduced overheads.
AP - BP PLC has raised its quarterly dividend by 14 percent after posting double-digit gains in profit and revenue in the last three months of 2011 despite further big payments to compensate for the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
AP - Toyota's quarterly profit slid 13.5 percent on production setbacks caused by last year's tsunami disaster and the flooding in Thailand, but Japan's top automaker raised its annual earnings forecast, saying a recovery is on track.
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