Symantec quarterly profit up, outlook tops estimates
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Security software maker Symantec Corp  reported a rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday, boosted by overseas sales, and forecast current-quarter results above Wall Street estimates, sending its shares up 9 percent.
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Oracle Corp. , the world's third largest software maker, reported profit that beat Wall Street expectations on Tuesday and gave a positive growth outlook for the current quarter that nudged its shares higher.
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Contract manufacturer Flextronics International Ltd  posted a quarterly profit that beat expectations on Tuesday and stuck to its earnings forecasts, sending its stock up nearly 5 percent.
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Healthy sales of software and technology services helped fourth-quarter profit rise 12 percent at International Business Machines Corp., which had already disclosed that the results would be way ahead of analysts' forecasts.
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Symantec Corp  reported an increase in quarterly profit on Wednesday, boosted by strong overseas sales, and forecast current-quarter results above Wall Street estimates, sending its shares up 9 percent.
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The open-source software provider said that its third quarter profit rose as a surge in subscriptions helped offset increased spending on marketing and research.
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Symantec Wednesday said fiscal second-quarter earnings more than doubled over the previous year as the company saw growth across all of its business segments.
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Microsoft  reported a rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, boosted by strong sales of its Windows operating system, and the company raised its full-year profit outlook, sending its shares up 4 percent.
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Symantec Corp. , the biggest global security software maker, on Wednesday posted a 48 percent rise in third-quarter profit, driven by strong sales that were aided by a weak dollar.
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Time to rename it 'Symaunteuc?' Symantec should be thankful for a healthy year's worth of publicized data pratfalls an ocean away. International sales rose 21 per cent in its third fiscal quarter, bolstering a strong quarter for the security software firm and a cheery outlook for Q4.â¦
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Software maker Computer  Associates  International Ltd. CA.N, on Wednesday posted  better-than-expected quarterly results and said full-year  earnings will exceed Wall Street estimates, aided by  cost-cutting.
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Business software maker Oracle  Corp.  posted a quarterly profit on Tuesday that topped  Wall Street forecasts as strong sales of new licenses for  applications helped boost revenue, sending its shares up 5  percent.
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Computer Associates International Ltd.  CA.N, the software maker under government watch after an  accounting scandal, on Wednesday posted better-than-expected  quarterly results and said full-year earnings will exceed Wall  Street estimates, helped by cost-cutting.
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Internet Security Systems Inc.  ISSX.O on Monday reported a higher fourth-quarter profit,  driven by firm demand for its computer security products.
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Computer Associates International Ltd. , the software maker under government watch after an accounting scandal, on Wednesday posted better-than-expected quarterly results and said full-year earnings will exceed Wall Street estimates, helped by cost-cutting.
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Oracle Corp  said on Wednesday that quarterly profit rose 35 percent as new software sales soared, beating expectations at a time when investors are nervous that IT spending is slowing, and its shares climbed 4 percent.
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Sysco Corp., the country&#39;s largest food service distributor, Monday said profit for its latest quarter rose 8 percent, as it increased sales and trimmed expenses despite the hurricanes in the Southeast.