Stock Market Briefs: Visa Beats Estimates, Exxon Mobil Misses

Visa (NYSE:V) reported first quarter earnings of 73 cents a share, ex-items, beating estimates of 64 cents versus 52 cents a year ago, as revenues increased 13% to $1.65 billion, which beat Street estimates of $1.61 billion. The firm reiterated its earnings view and reduced revenue forecast for 2009 and 2010

Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) reported fiscal second quarter earnings of 16 cents ex-items versus 15 cents, beating estimates of 15 cents a share, as revenues fell 7.6% to $2.33 billion, missing estimates of $2.36 billion

Motorola (NYSE:MOT) reported a first quarter loss of 10 cents a share, topping estimates by one cent, versus a 5 cent loss a year ago, as revenues fell 27.9% year-over-year to $5.4 billion

Eastman Kodak (NYSE:EK) reported a loss of $1.34 per share in the quarter, a $1.01 miss versus a 39 cent loss a year earlier, as revenues fell 29.4% year-over-year to $1.5 billion

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) reported its first quarter topped estimates by 4 cents, coming in at 27 cents as revenues decline 5% year-over-year to $8.4 billion

Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) reported first quarter earnings of 97 cents a share, one cent better than expected versus 90 cents a year ago, as revenues declined 5.7% year-over-year to $3.5 billion

Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW) reported first quarter earnings of 12 cents ex-items, 33 cents better than expected versus 99 cents a year ago, as revenues fell 38.7% year-over-year to $9.1 billion

Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) reported a 2 penny miss as earnings fell to 92 cents a share from $2.03 a share a year earlier

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