Europe

AXA (CS.FP) reports H1 net €2.28B ex-items vs Reuters €1.96B

Allied Irish Banks (ALBK.ID) reports H1 EPS loss (€1.95) ex-items vs Reuters (€1.64).

Adidas (ADS.LN) raises 2010 EPS guidance to €2.50-2.62 vs prior €2.05-2.30 with final Q2 results

Bic (BB.FP) posts H1 EPS €2.06 vs Reuters €1.66 and reversed early gains

Cookson Group (CKSN.LN) reports H1 EPS £0.27 ex-items and says expects the Group’s H2 performance to be slightly ahead of H1.

Henkel (HEN3.GR) Q2 net €315M ex-items vs Reuters €285M and provides upbeat guidance.

Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY.LN) statutory H1 EPS £0.09 vs Reuters £0.15

Munich Re (MUV2.GR) H1 EPS €6.33 and reaffirms 2010 tragets.

Societe Generale (GLE.FP) Q2 net €1.08B vs Reuters €749.0M

Standard Chartered (STAN.LN) reports H1 net £2.10B.

Shire Pharma (SHPGY) Q2 EPS $1.03 ex-items vs Reuters $0.87, ups guidance

Swisscom (SCMN.VX) reports H1 net CHF 873M and reaffirms FY10 outlook

Swatch Group (UHR.VX) H1 net CHF 465M vs Reuters CHF 408.0M

Ternium (TX) Q2 EPS $0.94 vs Reuters $0.94

Tognum (TGM.GR) reports Q2 EPS €0.23 ex-items vs Reuters €0.20 and raises the lower end of its prior 2010 guidance.

Canada

Agrium (AGU) Q2 EPS $2.90 ex-items vs Reuters $2.76

Asia

Toyota (TM) Q1 profit came to ₯190.47B vs year ago (₯77.8B), raises net profit guidance

Cathay Pacific (293.HK) H1 beating expectations

United Micro (UMC) Q2 EPADS $0.07 vs Reuters $0.06

Out Today/Tonight

Bancolumbia (CIB) estimates EPS 0.85, Revs 640.8M

Cott Corp (COT) estimates EPS 0.27, revs 433.8M

Kinross Gold (KGC) estimates EPS 0.18, revs 601.5M

Macquarie Infrastructure (MIC) estimates EPS 0.03, revs 197.3M

Newscorp (NWSA) estimates EPS 0.20, revs 7.94B

Tenaris (TS) estimate EPS 0.41 revs 1.84B

Yamana Gold (AUY)  estimates EPS 0.14, Revs 399.4M