Sonyâs Income Rose 25% in Quarter
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The electronic products maker said Thursday that its net income in the third quarter rose 25 percent to 200.2 billion yen ($1.9 billion).
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Dell Inc. said that its quarterly profit climbed 25 percent, propelled by an increase in technology spending by American businesses and a surge in sales abroad.
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Sony Corp., the Japanese electronics and entertainment giant. said Thursday that its profit jumped 61.6 percent in the latest quarter on improved profitability in its mobile phone joint venture and gains in its movie business, led by "Spider-Man 2."
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LONDON - Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corporation has reported a solid rise of 27% in first-quarter net income to $536m (Â£290.4m), boosted by growth in its broadcast and newspaper divisions.
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Robust software sales pushed Oracle&#39;s second-quarter net income up 35 percent compared to the same period last year, to $1.3 billion, or $0.25 per share, the company said Wednesday.Total revenue grew by 28 percent to $5.3 billion, Oracle said.Excluding one-time charges, Oracle&#39;s reported earnings per share were $0.31, beating forecasts of $0.27 per share from analysts polled by Thomson Financial.Oracle logged major gains in new license revenue for applications, which rose by 63 percent, and in database and middleware products, which logged a 28 percent increase. The company saw services-based revenue grow by 22 percent to $1.2 billion over last year.(More to follow.)
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Sonyâs chief executive, Howard Stringer, said the electronics and entertainment company has recovered from its past financial problems.
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The General Electric Company raised its quarterly dividend yesterday to 28 cents a share from 25 cents, in a move aimed at adding bolstering its lackluster share price.
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British Airways PLC said Monday that net profit rose by 25.5 percent over the latest quarter and that passenger numbers also rose.
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MOBILE phone maker SonyEricsson reported a tripling in quarterly pre-tax profits yesterday as it benefited from an upsurge in demand for its camera phones.
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HPâs first-quarter net income grew 38 percent to $2.1 billion, as revenue climbed 13 percent to $28.5 billion, beating the muted expectations of Wall Street analysts.
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Activision expects revenue in its current quarter to be $350 million, about 25 percent higher than the average forecast of Wall Street analysts.
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SunTrust Banks, which fired three executives this week over accounting for bad loans, restated first-half profit yesterday, raising it by $25.
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Nike said yesterday that first-quarter earnings were up 25 percent as demand for its athletic shoes fueled the fastest United States sales gain in more than a year.
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Carphone Warehouse today announced a 25% increase in the number of connections during its second quarter, with interim pre-tax profits expected to be at least Â£27m.
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Tribune Co.  reported a better-than-expected rise in quarterly profit on Thursday helped by an extra week in the quarter that boosted advertising revenue at the company's newspapers.
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By PAUL GORES  Journal Communications Inc. said Wednesday that fourth-quarter profits last year rose almost 40%, aided by an extra week in the quarter.  Net income was $23.4 million, or 33 cents per share, compared with $16.7 million, or 23 cents, in the final period of 2005.
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Asian stocks rose in US trading. Sony Corp. gained after the world&#39;s No. 2 consumer-electronics maker agreed to resolve a dispute over patents related to digital cameras.