Check Point beats forecasts in Q3
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Check Point CEO Gil Shwed, dressed in his usual black shirt and smiling as his custom, had every reason to be cheerful at yesterday&#39;s press conference.
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Stocks ended higher on  Friday after  Ford Motor Co. F.N raised its earnings forecasts but gains on  the Nasdaq were checked after wireless technology provider  Qualcomm Inc. QCOM.O said an accounting review may reduce  pretax income.
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Software companies are poised to post  strong December quarter earnings in the next two weeks, boosted  by pent-up demand and a weak dollar, but high valuations and a  tough year ahead might rein in stock prices, analysts say.
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United Parcel Service shrugs off sputtering U.S. economy to top third-quarter expectations.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - Shares of Check Point Software Technologies climbed more than 12 percent early Monday after topping analysts&#39; expectations for the third quarter with a 22 percent revenue rise.
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Clothes and accessories retailer Guess? Inc.   posted quarterly earnings that beat analysts&#39;  expectations by a wide margin, driven by double-digit revenue  growth across all of its businesses.
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Check Point Software has beefed up its enterprise security gateways.
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IBM and the rest of the tech industry might have a better year than most onlookers expected. IBM's third-quarter earnings rose 15% from a year earlier, to &#36;1.17 a share, excluding a one-time &#36;320 million charge to settle a lawsuit over its pension plan. That beat analysts' average estimate by 3 cents a share.
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Early results and projections better than opinion polls in recent days have suggested
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U.S. stock futures were little changed  on Friday before data on third-quarter gross domestic product,  the broadest measure of U.S. economic growth, which was  expected to set the tone for early stock trading.
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JPMorgan's third-quarter results were better than bad.
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PeopleSoft Inc. Monday raised its forecast for the just-ended quarter, helped by an increased average selling price and strong performances in North America and Europe.
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Earnings statement reveals the consumer lender is on the right track.
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Investors rally on the good news, but what does fast-track status really mean?
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Despite a slight seasonal dip, the software maker surpasses earnings expectations, as year-over-year growth comes in strong.
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The early data is in, and the results are clear: no recession today, but probably next year.