Nintendo jumps after strong results, outlook
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Shares in Nintendo Co Ltd  briefly jumped more than 5 percent on Friday after robust holiday sales of Wii and DS game machines helped more than double its quarterly operating profit and prompted it to raise its outlook above market expectations.
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Nintendo said its new DS hand-held console is beating sales expectations, showing that the public wants easy-to-play video games instead of elaborate high-tech machines.
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Nintendo Co. Ltd. (7974.OS) zipped past  Sony Corp. (6758.T) in market value on Monday and became one of  Japan&#39;s top 10 issues for the first time, as it elbows the  PlayStation maker out of its decade-long dominance of the game  industry.
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KYOTO, Japan  - Japanese video game maker Nintendo  Co. Ltd.  said on Tuesday it sees an emerging  possibility it will beat its earnings forecasts for the year to  March as well as its sales target for the DS handheld games.
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U.S. stocks rallied on Thursday, with the S&P 500 touching a six-year high and the Nasdaq jumping more than 1 percent, after higher-than-expected earnings from companies, including Ciena and Costco, improved the outlook for steady profit growth.
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Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) Wii  held on to its spot as the No. 1 video game console in the  United States in November, selling 981,000 units, industry data  showed on Thursday.
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Video-game chain GameStop Corp.'s second-quarter earnings rose on strong sales.
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Nintendo Co. on Tuesday raised its profit outlook for the fiscal year ending in March due to robust sales of its Nintendo DS hand-held game machine and software.
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Electronic Arts Inc., benefiting from brisk holiday sales of video games used on Sony Corp.'s new Playstation 3, exceeded Wall Street's earnings expectations Thursday despite fiscal third-quarter sales that dropped 38 percent.
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Nintendo Co. said Thursday profits more than doubled in the six months ending Sept. 30 on the soaring success of its hit Wii and Nintendo DS game consoles.
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Nintendo Co. Ltd.  briefly zipped past Sony Corp.  in market capitalization on Monday to become one of Japan's 10 most valuable companies as it elbows the PlayStation maker out of its decade-long dominance of the game industry.
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Video game pioneer Nintendo Co. is no stranger to success, boasting a string of classics ranging from &quot;Donkey Kong&quot; and &quot;Super Mario Bros.
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A recovery in electronics sales offset losses in video games and helped boost Sony's profit for the July-to-September quarter more than 40-fold over the same period a year ago.
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Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co.  Ltd. reported a 39.1 percent rise in operating profit for the  first half on Thursday and raised its sales target for a new,  keenly awaited portable game player.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. _ November was a good month for Nintendo _ and for the video game industry as a whole.
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Nintendo&#39;s runaway surprise hit, the Wii gaming console, continued its strong performance last month, particularly in the Far East. According to Reuters, research by the marketing firm Enterbrain showed that the Wii outsold the high-end Sony PlayStation 3 by a ratio of more than six to one. In the four weeks ending June 24, Nintendo sold more than 270,000 Wiis, compared to Sony&#39;s sales of just over 41,000 units. Microsoft&#39;s Xbox 360 was a distant third, with just under 18,000 units sold.
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Japan's Nintendo Co. on Tuesday raised its 2006/07 net profit forecast by 20.5 percent, beating market expectations, thanks to strong sales of its DS hand-held video game player and a weaker-than-expected yen.