Google's profit surged 46% and revenue jumped 57%. The Internet giant shook off its previous quarter's earnings woes and increased its profit-growth rate, even while accelerating its rapid hiring pace.

  AMD posted another quarterly loss, despite a 23% jump in sales, as the chip maker was hurt by acquisition costs and competition with Intel.

  Nokia's profit rose 85% on continued strength in emerging markets, as the cellphone maker said it expects its market share to hold steady at around 39%.

  EBay shares dropped after the online auctioneer swung to a loss, while E*Trade fell as the credit-market crisis weighed on its results. The Nasdaq advanced in late-day trading.

  Viacom, Disney and Microsoft are among a group of media and tech companies that have adopted a set of guidelines aimed at protecting copyrights online. Google is notably absent from the group.

  Hynix Semiconductor's net profit fell 56% in the third quarter on a decline in memory-chip prices and suggested a gloomy outlook by cutting next year's capital expenditure 9%.

  An audio recording of an LDK Solar internal conference call reveals that officials of the U.S.-listed Chinese "clean technology" company were confused about the quality of its silicon inventory.

  TCS's $1.2 billion, 10-year order from Netherlands-based Nielsen is among the biggest outsourcing contracts won by an Indian technology company.

  SAP said its profit rose 10% on strong revenue growth from software and software-related services.

  Sony is slashing the starting price for PlayStation 3 consoles in the U.S. in a bid to boost slow sales of the machine in time for the holiday season.

  Sanyo's efforts to improve its business took a negative turn when the company said it would shelve the sale of its struggling semiconductor operations due to poor pricing on the deal.