Revenue for the technology giant rose 83 percent from the quarter a year ago.
Stained-glass seraphim gaze over a staircase from a giant rose window.
Profits at the high street giant rose 5% to £821.3m in the year to January.
Shares of Qualcomm, the digital wireless communications giant, rose $6.75, or 10.7percentto to $69.813 on the Nasdaq stock market.
"Tonight, the little giant rose to amazing heights," said one message that was rapidly circulated after the 10,000m.
As a giant rising from deep sleep, the New York City Marathon reminds us of the city's unfailing ability to recover.
A giant rose blooms from a woman's burka; two men with severed arms and feet face off; figures stand erect despite their bleeding bullet holes.
He was referring to a giant rose projected on the wall of the opening display space, which contains memorabilia (including letters signed Princess Diana, Jacqueline Kennedy and Karl Lagerfeld).
Earnings for the Wall Street giant rose 91 percent in the first quarter of 2010, to $3.46 billion or $5.59 a share, up from $1.81 billion or $3.39 a share in the same period last year.
Dell, the struggling computer giant, rose 15 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $13.42 after the company announced a $24.4 billion buyout deal led by its founder, Michael Dell, that will take the company private at $13.65 a share.
