Excluding acquisition-related charges and stock-based compensation, the company had a profit of $412 million.

Hewlett-Packard reported profits excluding acquisition-related charges of $564 million, or 29 cents a share, for its fiscal first quarter ended Jan. 31.

Moreover, excluding a one-time acquisition-related charge, Oracle's earnings from operations rose 42 percent, to $87 million, or 20 cents a share.

The quarter included acquisition-related charges of $488 million, or about 6 cents a share, after taxes.

Excluding acquisition-related charges, Cisco exceeded analysts' estimates by a penny a share.

Excluding acquisition-related charges, the company posted a profit of $936 million, or 14 cents a share.

Excluding acquisition-related charges, Cisco earned 25 cents a share, exceeding analysts' published estimates by a penny.

The losses reflect acquisition-related charges of $10.1 million in this year's quarter and $9.5 million in the quarter a year earlier.

Including the acquisition-related charge, profit was 6 cents a share.

The results include acquisition-related charges of $7 million in the latest quarter and $10 million a year earlier.