Electronic Arts quarterly profit rises
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Electronic Arts Inc  posted a 44 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday and gave forecasts in line with Wall Street estimates, but shares  in the world's top video-game publisher fell 6 percent.
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The video game maker exceeded Wall Streetâs earnings expectations despite a 38 percent drop in third-quarter sales.
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Microsoft said yesterday that its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 23 percent on brisk sales of the new Halo 3 video game, Windows and Office.
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Electronic Data Systems Corp. reported a  higher quarterly profit on Wednesday, boosted by a surge in new  orders for its technology services.
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Microsoft's fiscal fourth-quarter profit edged up 7 percent despite a hefty charge to cover the cost of defective Xbox 360 video game consoles.
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Microsoft Corp.  eked out a gain in quarterly net profit despite a $1 billion charge to pay for repairs to its Xbox 360 game consoles, and the company slightly raised full-year earnings and revenue forecasts.
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Electronic Data Systems Corp. reported a higher quarterly profit on Wednesday, boosted by a surge in new orders for its technology services.
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Shares of Electronic Arts surged more than 5 percent after the video game publisher gave confident forecasts for growth over the next three years.
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Circuit City Stores Inc. CC.N on   Wednesday reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit,   driven by strong sales of flat-panel televisions and laptop   computers during the back-to-school shopping season, and   fine-tuned its sales forecasts higher.
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Oracle Corp.  on Thursday  posted a higher quarterly profit, helped by  stronger-than-expected new software license revenue.
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Circuit CityÂs profit rose more than sevenfold, benefiting from increased sales in flat-panel TVÂs and digital-imaging products.
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EMC Corp , the No. 1 maker of corporate data storage equipment, reported higher quarterly profit on Thursday on an increase in sales of both hardware and software.
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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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Electronic Arts swung to a loss because of restructuring charges and deferred revenue, but posted record revenue during the most brisk holiday season the video game industry has seen.
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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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GameStop Corp , the largest  U.S. video game retailer, raised its quarterly earnings  estimate on Thursday after holiday season sales rose sharply on  blockbuster games like "Guitar Hero."
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Sony said its profit rose in the final three months of 2007, helped by robust sales of televisions and computer games.