Sharp profit up 5.5 percent on LCD panel demand
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Japanese tech conglomerate Sharp Corp  reported a 5.5 percent rise in quarterly operating profit to a record high, as rivals delayed opening new plants, slowing price declines for the big LCD panels it specializes in.
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Sharp's new X-series models come in 37-, 42- and 46-inch screen sizes, at prices ranging from about $3,282 to about $4,520.
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Walgreen Co , one of the  largest U.S. drugstore operators, said on Friday quarterly  profit rose a better-than-expected 5.5 percent, helped by  higher sales and cost controls.
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Diversified manufacturer Textron Inc.  TXT.N on Thursday posted a higher quarterly profit and lifted  its full-year earnings estimate on a strong performance by its  Cessna business jet division, sending its shares up nearly 5  percent.
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Japan's Sharp Corp. on Tuesday posted an  11 percent rise in quarterly profit as strong sales of liquid  crystal displays (LCDs) and mobile phones offset falling chip  prices, and it left its full-year outlook unchanged.
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TOKYO -- A recovery in electronics sales offset losses in video games and helped boost Sony's profit for the July-to-September quarter more than 40-fold over the same period a year ago.
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Walgreen Co. WAG.N on Monday posted a  30.5 percent jump in quarterly profit, its largest increase in  four years, boosted by sales of generic drugs and digital photo  processing.
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The oilfield services provider said fourth-quarter profit rose almost 5 percent from a year ago, helped by growing business in the Eastern Hemisphere.
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Japan&#39;s Sharp Corp. plans to spend up to 200 billion yen ($1.91 billion) to build a cutting-edge domestic plant to make liquid crystal display panels for flat-screen TVs, a business newspaper reported on Sunday.
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U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, with   the Standard & Poor's 500 index hitting a five-year high on   strong profit reports and optimism before the Federal Reserve's   interest rate decision.
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Toyota said its profit rose 7.5 percent in the October-to-December quarter as its strategy of shifting its focus to emerging markets appears to be paying off.
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Japan's Sharp Corp. (6753.T)  said on Tuesday it will likely need to consider bringing  forward a capacity expansion plan for its latest liquid crystal  display (LCD) panel plant in Kameyama, western Japan.
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Leading electronics maker Sharp said interim net profit rose 40.7 percent to a record high on robust sales of liquid crystal display TVs and camera-equipped cellphones but it cautioned on the outlook due to the possible impact of high oil prices on global economic growth.
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Sharp is planning on 10 percent profit growth this fiscal year by increasing LCD production and TV sales in China.
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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.
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Japan's Sharp Corp. on Tuesday posted a  11.4 percent rise in quarterly profit on strong sales of liquid  crystal displays (LCDs) and mobile phones and left its  full-year outlook unchanged.
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Dell, the world&#39;s largest personal computer maker, posted a higher quarterly profit Thursday, helped by market share gains and lower component costs despite slowing demand for corporate PCs.