Avon Products Inc. reported second-quarter income jumped as revenue rose in most categories and regions. Here's a breakdown of the beauty product seller's revenue by region and category.

RESULTS: Beauty products seller Avon Products Inc. reported net income jumped in the second quarter, helped by growth in Latin America and stronger sales of beauty products across all categories.

Fallout from a massive cereal recall dragged down Kellogg Co's second-quarter net income, which fell 15 percent.

Research firm comScore Inc., which tracks Web traffic, said Thursday its second-quarter profit declined as marketing, research and other expenses grew.

Exxon Mobil Corp. said Thursday its second quarter income nearly doubled to $7.56 billion as oil prices increased from last year.

Stock futures rose Thursday after a new batch of upbeat earnings and a modest drop in jobless claims renewed some optimism about the economy.

Drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis SA said net profit rose 61 percent to euro1.7 billion ($2.2 billion) in the second quarter, thanks to lower restructuring costs, but warned that earnings may fall for the full year.

The chief official at the port where a Japanese tanker was docked a day after it was damaged while sailing out of the Persian Gulf says investigators now believe the ship may have been involved in a collision.

Southwest Airlines Co. added an upbeat note to a strong quarter for the airline industry by reporting a $112 million profit for spring and early summer.

News and information provider Thomson Reuters Corp. said Thursday its second-quarter net income fell 8 percent on weakness in its legal and markets divisions.

Growth in Latin America and stronger sales of beauty products including perfume and color cosmetics fueled a jump in Avon Products Inc.'s second-quarter net income.

Colgate-Palmolive Co.'s second-quarter net income rose more than 7 percent as the consumer products maker kept selling more of its Palmolive dishwashing liquid, Ajax cleanser and Colgate toothpaste.

Toyota is recalling 412,000 passenger cars, mostly the Avalon model, in the U.S., and another 16,420 vehicles in Japan for steering problems, the automaker said Thursday.

The government's point man for the Gulf spill plans to meet with coastal parish officials Thursday to talk about what's next now that the oil has stopped flowing.

Analysts will be looking for clues about the future of Microsoft Corp.'s mobile and online businesses and its strategy for Windows-based tablet computers at an annual meeting with the software maker on Thursday.

Geely Holding Group has received final Chinese government approval to acquire Volvo Cars from Ford Motor Co., the Commerce Ministry said Thursday.

Germany's unemployment rate edged up slightly to 7.6 percent in July from 7.5 percent the previous month as summer vacations started, but the labor market is still on the road to recovery, new data showed Thursday.

Financial police are questioning Labor Minister Eric Woerth about his connection to the heiress of the L'Oreal cosmetics fortune in a scandal that has reached the highest levels of President Nicolas Sarkozy's government.

Economic sentiment in the 16 countries that use the euro is at its highest level for over two years, the European Commission said Thursday.

Nissan Motor Co. veered back into the black in its latest quarter as global car sales rebounded while its smaller rival Mitsubishi Motors Corp. narrowed its quarterly loss.