Chilean holding company Latam Airlines Group SA (LFL, LAN.SN) reported Friday $49.7 million in second-quarter net profit, up from $15.9 million in the same period of 2011.

Argentina's state-run oil and gas company YPF SA (YPFD, YPF.BA) late Friday posted a profit of ARS2.1 billion ($456 million) in the first half of 2012.

An Iowa grand jury is expected to hear testimony next week from Russell Wasendorf Jr., the president of failed brokerage Peregrine Financial Group and son of its embattled CEO.

With the drought in the U.S. Midwest expected to keep food prices rising, the argument for a suspension of ethanol quotas is getting louder.

Eastman Kodak Co.'s (EKDKQ) patent auction in New York has failed to generate the premium bids that the company and creditors had hoped for, with some suitors leaving the action in the past few days, people familiar with the matter said.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--Apple Inc. (AAPL) called a set of final witnesses in its patent case against Samsung Electronics Co. (005930.SE, SSNHY), seeking to show that consumers confused the Korean company's products with Apple's.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. (CHRW) had added 10 million shares to its share-repurchase program as the logistics company looks to boost shareholder return. The latest authorization represents about 6.2% of shares outstanding as of Friday. The company had about 2.5 million shares remaining under its

Honda North America is expanding its production in the U.S., and hopes it would provide the company with more resilience to a strengthening yen.

The Argentine peso weakened on a heavily used parallel foreign exchange market Friday, a day after news of a new rule affecting the local mutual fund industry sparked a rally in the so-called blue-chip swap rate.