Profits more than double at Nintendo
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Nintendo Co. said Thursday profits more than doubled in the six months ending Sept. 30 on the success of its hit Wii and Nintendo DS game consoles. The company also raised its full year profit forecast.
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Profits at mining group Xstrata more than double, boosted by acquisitions and rising metals prices.
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Nintendo raises its sales target for the DS handheld  games console after strong early sales.
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Toy maker reports higher revenues and earnings even though domestic sales fall.
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The success of the Wii has helped Nintendo treble its half-yearly profits to 188.78bn yen (Â£810m).
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Video games with online components or multiplayer capability bring in much more revenue than stand-alone games.
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The No. 2 grocer reports double-digit gains in sales and earnings after recent acquisitions.
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AUSTIN, Texas  - Video games with online  components bring in more than twice the revenue as those played  offline, a research firm said in a report to be published on  Thursday.
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Nintendo reports booming profits as sales soar of the Wii and DS games machines.
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Caterpillar Inc. CAT.N said on  Thursday quarterly earnings more than doubled on continued  strong demand for its heavy equipment.
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Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd  nearly  tripled its first-half profit and boosted its annual earnings  outlook on Thursday as its popular Wii and DS game machines  outsell rival Sony Corp's  PlayStation.
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U.S. sales of video game hardware  and software were $1.18 billion, with Nintendo Co Ltd's  (7974.OS) Wii console keeping a slim edge over rivals amid  ongoing supply constraints.
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Solid flash-memory sales plus a good outlook for power systems are driving higher profits than Toshiba expected.
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Company says sales of the handheld gaming device are much better than expected.
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Excluding the one-time items, earnings per share more than doubled at the publisher as revenue rose nearly 20 percent.
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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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Shares in Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS)  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.