SunGard Data Systems also warned that it would fall short of Wall Street's forecasts, earning 21 to 22 cents a share.
Those results topped Wall Street forecasts, earning the company a host of analyst upgraded and renewed enthusiasm from traders.
Royal Dutch Shell was languishing in the red in London even as it announced third-quarter net profits that smashed forecasts, earning $3.3 billion, well above the expected $2.8 billion.
Bank of America will even worse, Whitney forecasts, earning only 4 cents per share this year, and 20 cents per share the next, meanwhile the Wall Street is counting on 38 cents per share and $1.39 per share, respectively.
Shares had been flat below $10 for many months when, in January, the company said its flat-panel displays were selling like hotcakes and quadrupled its earnings forecast, ultimately earning nine cents per share for the December quarter, compared to an earlier estimate of two cents per share.
After seeing its stock rise above $600 per share not even two weeks ago, Google has exceeded forecasts by earning a profit of $1.07 billion in the third quarter of 2007, a 46% increase over the $733.3 million it earned during the same period in 2006.
G.M. is forecast to earn 81 cents a share.
TRW is forecast to earn $1.05 a share, according to analysts surveyed by First Call/Thomson Financial.
Shiloh was forecast to earn 19 cents a share, according to an analyst surveyed by First Call/Thomson Financial.
According to the First Call poll, Reebok is forecast to earn $1.60.
