Best Buy profit rises
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Best Buy Co. Inc. BBY.N on Tuesday   reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit, boosted by   new store openings and sales of high-priced electronics, easing   fears that consumers were pulling back on spending.
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AT&T, the nation's biggest long-distance carrier, said that its profit jumped a better-than-expected 84 percent in the fourth quarter as it cut costs.
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Best Buy said its comparable-store sales rose 1.5 percent in December on strong sales of video games and notebook computers.
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Home Depot Inc. HD.N, the world's  largest home improvement retailer, on Tuesday said quarterly  profit rose, topping estimates, as technology upgrades and  other store improvements helped boost sales.
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Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy Co  said on Friday that sales at stores open at least 14 months rose 1.5 percent in December and affirmed its fiscal 2008 earnings outlook.
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Retailer Best Buy Co  reported  better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Tuesday, helped by  strong international results and demand for notebook computers,  flat-panel televisions and video games, pushing its shares up  about 5 percent.
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Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc  said on Thursday that quarterly profit rose, as the brewer sold more beer despite the slowing economy.
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Best Buy Co. Inc. , the nation&#39;s top electronics retail chain, posted a 21 percent rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday, slightly above expectations, and said the
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Retailer Best Buy Co  reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings on Tuesday, helped by strong international sales, and raised its full-year profit forecast, pushing its shares up about 5 percent.
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Fourth-quarter earnings rose 42 percent from a year ago as profit margins at its U.S. stores improved despite higher commodity costs.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  on Tuesday posted higher quarterly profit after the world's biggest retailer cut prices on hot items like toys and electronics to lure customers during the holiday shopping season.
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Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy Co. said Wednesday that second-quarter earnings rose on cost controls and improved margins to beat Wall Street expectations.
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MINNEAPOLIS - Best Buy Co. Inc. said Tuesday its third-quarter profit rose 9 percent as customers bought more expensive products, but results were below expectations as the nation's biggest consumer electronics retailer made greater use of promotions to move merchandise.
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Best Buy Co. Inc.  reported lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday as the consumer electronics retailer cut prices on flat-panel TVs to boost sales at the start of the holiday shopping season, sending its shares down 5 percent.
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Home Depot Inc. HD.N on Tuesday  reported a 19 percent rise in second-quarter profit, topping  estimates, as technology upgrades and other store improvements  helped boost sales.
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Best Buy Co. Inc. said Tuesday its third-quarter profit rose 9 percent as customers bought more expensive products, but results were below expectations as the nation's biggest consumer electronics retailer made greater use of promotions to move merchandise.
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Best Buy Co., the nation's biggest consumer electronics retailer, said Tuesday its third-quarter profit jumped 52 percent, boosted by holiday shopping and sales of higher-ticket items such as flat-panel TVs.