Best Buy profit disappoints, shares fall
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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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By CHRIS WILLIAMS  MINNEAPOLIS - Discounting took a bite out of Best Buy's third quarter earnings. The nation's largest consumer electronics retailer said Tuesday that fierce competition forced it to sacrifice profit for market share, but all should be well in the fourth quarter.
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Best Buy Company Inc., the nation&#39;s largest electronics retailer, said on Wednesday that third-quarter earnings rose 21 percent, but gave hints that profits during the holiday selling season may not be quite what analysts were hoping for.
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Stocks edged down at the opening on Tuesday as disappointing earnings from Best Buy Co. Inc.  revived worries about consumer spending.
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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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Top U.S. consumer electronics retailer Best Buy Co. Inc.  on Tuesday posted a weaker-than-expected quarterly profit, dragged down by sales of lower margin products such as notebook computers and video game consoles.
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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.
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NEW YORK -- Sears Holdings Corp., the biggest US department store company, and Home Depot Inc. said profit will fall as the decline in housing prices hurts demand for goods to build and furnish homes.
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U.S. stocks edged lower on Tuesday before the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision, as weak earnings at electronics retailer Best Buy Co.  and a management reshuffle at Citigroup Inc.  disappointed investors.
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Stocks headed for a lower open on Tuesday as disappointing earnings from Best Buy Co. Inc.  revived worries about consumer spending.
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McGraw-Hill Cos , the book and magazine publisher and owner of Standard & Poor's, on Thursday said fourth-quarter profit fell 31 percent, as disruptions in global capital markets dampened demand for credit ratings.
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Sears, Roebuck and Co. on Thursday said quarterly profit fell sharply compared with a year earlier, when the department store operator had a gain from the sale of its credit card business, but the profit topped forecasts as the retailer slashed costs.
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Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy Co  reported a better-than-expected 52 percent jump in quarterly profit on Tuesday and raised its full-year earnings forecast.
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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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Best Buy Co. Inc.  reported lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday as the consumer electronics retailer slashed prices on flat-panel TVs to boost sales at the start of the holiday shopping season.
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Wall Street traded flat Tuesday as investor grappled with a lackluster profit report from Best Buy Co. and a confirmation that new home construction fell in May.
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Retailer Sears Holdings Corp.  posted a 20 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, helped by a legal settlement and other special gains, but sales declined at both its Sears and Kmart units, sending its shares down more than 2 percent.