Federated Department Stores Posts Profit
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Federated Department Stores Inc.  FD.N, parent of Macy's and Bloomingdale's, posted  higher-than-expected quarterly earnings on Wednesday and said  it was encouraged by October sales, nudging its shares up.
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Discount retailer Family Dollar Stores   Inc. FDO.N on Thursday posted a 33 percent jump in quarterly   profit, beating Wall Street forecasts, as it kept costs down   and sold more high-margin merchandise.
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Abercrombie &amp; Fitch Co  posted a 9 percent increase in quarterly profit on Friday, helped by higher prices for its clothes.
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Federated Department Stores Inc.  , parent of Macy's and Bloomingdale's, on Thursday  reported an 8.5 percent rise in November sales at stores open  at least one full fiscal year.
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Depressed sales at Federated Department Store Inc. stores in Florida will cause third-quarter results to come in lower than expected, the company announced today.
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The retailing giant Federated Department Stores Inc. on Wednesday reported a 10 percent increase in third-quarter earnings, citing improvements after Florida hurricanes hurt September sales.
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Levi Strauss &amp; Co, the US jeanswear group, has reported a net profit for the third quarter on the back of improved gross profit and lower expenses.
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PLAINSBORO, NJ  JC Penney, the second-largest US department-store chain, had a second-quarter profit of $72 million after selling more clothes at higher prices.
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Discount retailer Family Dollar Stores  Inc.  on Thursday posted a 33 percent jump in quarterly  profit, beating Wall Street forecasts, as it kept costs down  and sold more high-margin merchandise.
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Just two weeks after revealing that some employees had falsified corporate revenue to meet earnings targets, Dell Inc. reported a profit of US$733 million for its fiscal 2008 second quarter, up 46 percent from its mark of $502 million for the same period last year.
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The retailer's earnings improve a lot despite soft sales.
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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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Just two weeks afterÂ revealing that some employees had falsified corporate revenue to meet earnings targets, Dell reported a profit of $733 million for its fiscal 2008 second quarter, up 46 percent from its mark of $502 million for the same period last year.
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Federated Department Store Inc. posted better-than-expected earnings in the third-quarter of 2004 thanks to a sales rebound in Florida, where hurricanes had dampened sales in September.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  said on Tuesday quarterly profit rose after penny-pinching U.S. shoppers scoured its discount stores for low prices on necessities like food and laundry detergent.
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Clothing retailer Talbots Inc. (TLB.N) on Wednesday posted a slight increase in quarterly profit, meeting its lowered forecast, as it sold more merchandise at full price and recorded a tax benefit.
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The largest U.S. home furnishings retailer posted higher profit, helped by sales of back-to-college merchandise.