Vivendi third quarter sales beat expectations on music, telecoms
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French media and telecommunications giant Vivendi Universal reported that third quarter sales fell to 4.7 billion euros (6.1 billion dollars) from 5.9 billion a year earlier but were nonetheless ahead of experts' expectations.
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The companyâs third-quarter profit beat expectations, lifted by an extra week of holiday shopping and sales of video game consoles and GPS devices.
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Mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse says recent trading has been better than expected thanks to "robust" demand.
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Third-quarter profit, helped by sales of jet fighters and electronic warfare systems, beat Wall Street expectations, but the companyâs forecast for next year was slightly below analystsâ estimates.
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French telecoms and media group Vivendi   VIV.PA reported a 10.9 percent rise in its first-half net   adjusted profit on Thursday, as growth from games and pay-TV   Canal Plus made up for lackluster trading at mobile arm SFR.
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SAP, a leading maker of business software, says a strong performance of its European activities helped boost earnings in the third quarter, which came out above analysts' expectations.
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Vivendi Universal (EAUG.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) raised its 2004 earnings forecast as it reported a 19 percent increase in underlying third-quarter profit
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The joint venture between Korea&#39;s LG Electronics and the Netherlands&#39; Philips (NYSE: PHG) reported an increase in year-on-year sales for its fiscal third quarter (up 12%).
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Vivendi fourth-quarter sales rose 1.2 percent as buoyant trading at its Maroc Telecom and in video games helped compensate declines at its music and French mobile businesses.
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Electronic Arts Inc., benefiting from brisk holiday sales of video games used on Sony Corp.'s new Playstation 3, exceeded Wall Street's earnings expectations Thursday despite fiscal third-quarter sales that dropped 38 percent.
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Entertainment and telecom conglomerate Vivendi SA reported Friday that its second-quarter earnings dropped 49 percent from a year earlier, when it had a gain from an asset sale, and said it is sticking to its forecast for the full year.
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Robust demand from emerging markets in  Asia and Africa lifted third-quarter sales of all major handset  vendors from the previous quarter, with companies expecting  another sales boost from holiday shopping ahead.
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The mobile phone giant says its next results will now be better than expected, thanks to a boost in handset sales.
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Nokia, the world's leading mobile phone maker, posted Thursday an 85 percent rise in third quarter net profit to 1.56 billion euros (2.22 billion dollars) even though mobile phone sales were only up by three percent.
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Nokia third quarter profits surged outstripping analyst expectations, boosting the company's share of the global phone market to almost 40 per cent.
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The results surpassed Wall Street's expectations in both sales and profit, with fourth-quarter earnings reaching $3 billion for the first time in the company's history.
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Vivendi Universal SA raised its 2004 earnings forecast Wednesday after strong performances by its music and telecommunications units powered a more than fivefold increase in third-quarter profit.