Best Buy profit rises
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Best Buy Co Inc. BBY.N on Tuesday   reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit, boosted by new   store openings and sales of high-priced electronics and easing   fears that consumers were pulling back on spending.
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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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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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Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy Co  reported a better-than-expected 52 percent jump in third-quarter profit on Tuesday on strong sales of laptops and video games, and raised its full-year earnings forecast.
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Walgreen Co , one of the  largest U.S. drugstore operators, said on Friday quarterly  profit rose a better-than-expected 5.5 percent, helped by  higher sales and cost controls.
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Best Buy Co Inc. BBY.N on Tuesday   said its quarterly profit rose 22 percent, boosted by new store   openings and sales of high-priced electronics, like flat-panel   televisions.
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Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy  Co  posted a higher-than-expected third-quarter profit  on Tuesday on strong sales and raised its full-year earnings  forecast.
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Third-quarter profit rose 5 percent, helped by sales growth in its U.S. retail market and Canada, the company said.
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Microsoft Corp. on Thursday said its first quarter profit climbed as personal computer sales and business demand fueled higher sales.
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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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The home furnishings retailer reported quarterly profit of $25.97 million on an improvement at its Pottery Barn chain, sending its shares up as much as 11 percent.
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Motorola (MOT) said Tuesday that its quarterly profit rose on improving sales of a host of new handset models. The world&#39;s No.
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Best Buy Co. Inc. said on Friday its comparable-store sales rose 1.5 percent in December on strong sales of video games and notebook computers.
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Best Buy Co. Inc. , the top U.S. electronics retail chain, on Wednesday posted a 21 percent rise in quarterly profit and said it gained market share in the period.
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Quarterly profit soared thanks to new products, increased marketing and improvement in international business, the company said.
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Department store operator Nordstrom Inc. on Tuesday said third-quarter profit jumped on higher sales, inventory changes and lower expenses, leading it above Wall Street estimates.
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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.