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Amazon.com Inc reported weak quarterly results on Thursday as the world's largest Internet retailer spent heavily and suffered from an economic slowdown in Europe.
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Ford motor Co unleashed a second volley of European job cuts and plant closures on Thursday in a bid to halt regional losses that the automaker now expects to surpass $3 billion over two years.
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Online travel agency Expedia Inc's third-quarter profit beat analysts' estimates, driven by an increase in hotel bookings in the Asia-Pacific region and Europe, sending the company's shares up 16 percent after the bell.
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Apple Inc delivered lackluster quarterly results and iPad sales fell short of Wall Street targets, pushing its stock slightly lower.
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BrightSource Energy Inc, which is developing solar thermal power plants in the California desert, has raised more than $80 million in equity financing six months after canceling a planned initial public offering at the last minute.
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Producing more airplanes and cutting costs in its defense business helped Boeing Co post stronger-than-expected profit for the third quarter, and the company notched up its earnings forecast for the third time this year.
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Apple Inc seems to still be the drug of choice for consumers of all stripes looking for sleek gadgetry.
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LG Electronics Inc, the world's No.2 TV maker, swung to a third-quarter profit as its mobile phone business reported a surprise return to the black on a stronger product line-up, although its powerhouse TV division lost momentum.
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Global trade in commercial services such as tourism and air travel showed zero growth in the second quarter of 2012 as the Europe Union's appetite shrank 7 percent, preliminary trade figures showed on Wednesday.
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Facebook Inc's revenue rose 32 percent in the third quarter to $1.26 billion.
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Global shares and the euro fell sharply on Tuesday after a slew of weak US corporate earnings results and credit ratings downgrades of several indebted regions of Spain.
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POSCO the world's fourth-largest steelmaker, posted a 25 percent drop in quarterly profit on Tuesday, as a cooling China economy sapped demand for automotive and shipbuilding steel.
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Yahoo Inc reported a slight uptick in net revenue in the third quarter, the struggling Internet company's first three months under new Chief Executive Marissa Mayer.
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China Mobile Ltd, the world's biggest mobile operator by subscribers, posted a 1.3 percent gain in third-quarter net profit, beating estimates slightly, after luring new users to its network with cheap handsets and low call rates.
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Philips Electronics beat earnings forecasts for the third consecutive quarter, boosted by cost cuts and higher sales, as a drastic overhaul of the company gathered pace.
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General Electric, the largest US industrial group by market capitalisation, reported a 7 percent rise in pre-tax profits and earnings in line with analysts' expectations, but surprised with slower-than-expected growth in revenues.
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At least seven brokerages cut their price targets on Google Inc's shares after the company missed Wall Street earnings expectations, but analysts said growing mobile advertising revenue points to better times ahead.
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Microsoft Corp said its fiscal first-quarter profit fell on Thursday, hurt by a dip in computer sales running its Windows operating system and the deferral of some revenue ahead of upcoming releases of its core Windows and Office products.
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Google Inc reported third-quarter results that missed Wall Street expectations, sending shares down as much as 10.5 percent and weighing on broader markets after the release came unexpectedly early.
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PepsiCo Inc stood by its full-year forecast on Wednesday despite beating earnings expectations in the third quarter as it pours money back into its business.
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IBM reported third-quarter revenue of USD 24.7 billion and net earnings of USD 3.9 billion as demand for its software services and tight cost management offset the effect of a stronger dollar on the technology and consulting company.
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Boeing Co said on Thursday it doubled deliveries of its fuel-efficient 787 jets in the third quarter to 12, compared with six in the second quarter.
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Samsung Electronics Co, the world's biggest technology firm by revenue, estimated its July-September operating profit at a record 8.1 trillion Korean won, driven by strong sales of its Galaxy smartphones.
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Hewlett-Packard warned of a worsening outlook for 2013 earnings on Wednesday, reflecting slow progress on CEO Meg Whitman's turnaround plan while technology spending sputters, sending its shares to a nine-year low.
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Wall Street edged lower on Monday, led by weakness in technology shares as investors locked in gains on a recent rally ahead of possible policy action from the Federal Reserve this week.
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Carrefour, the world's second-largest retailer, reported a dip in first-half profits on Thursday, hit by poor performances from businesses in austerity-hit countries such as Spain and Italy which the company is expected to address later in the day with the presentation of a new turnaround plan.
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Hewlett-Packard Co reported on Wednesday a loss of USD 8.85 billion after a massive writedown of the value of its services business, most of which was related to its purchase of EDS.
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Barnes & Noble Inc reported a smaller first-quarter net loss on Tuesday, helped by a pickup in sales of digital content and the popularity of the Fifty Shades series.
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Hewlett Packard Co raised its third-quarter earnings outlook and said it was taking an USD 8 billion goodwill impairment charge in its services unit.
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Cognizant sees a blow-out in the second quarter of calendar year. With its strong Q2 revenue it has overthrown Infosys as the second largest IT player after TCS (in revenue terms).
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Toyota Motor Corp on Friday posted its largest quarterly operating profit in four years and raised its 2012 global sales target on the strength of demand for cars like the Camry and Prius in key markets such as the United States and Japan.
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Toyota Motor Co. is back on its feet after a year marred by natural disasters, recapturing its crown as the world's top-selling carmaker and looking to raise its 2012 production and sales forecasts.
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Harley-Davidson Inc reported a better-than-expected 29.7%-rise in quarterly profit, but its shares slid 5% in early trading on concerns about weakening retail sales of its motorcycles.
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Time Warner Inc on Wednesday posted a lower quarterly profit as the media company saw declines in its film and TV entertainment and publishing units, while advertising revenue for its cable networks missed some analysts' expectations.
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Pfizer Inc reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings, helped by cuts in research spending and other costs, and affirmed its 2012 profit forecast despite the negative impact of the stronger dollar.
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Deutsche Bank saw second-quarter profit plunge at its investment bank, hit by the euro zone debt crisis, underscoring the challenge facing its new leaders as they prepare a strategy overhaul.
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India-focused miner Vedanta posted a 27 percent rise in first-quarter core earnings, as strong growth in power sales offset the impact of lower metal prices and zinc volumes.
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Japan's Panasonic Corp posted a nearly seven-fold gain in first-quarter operating profit after cutting costs to offset losses in its TV unit hammered by competition from foreign rivals including Samsung Electronics.
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Honda Motor Co's operating profit rose less than expected in the April-June period to 176 billion yen, as a strong yen eroded some of the gains from its sales recovery in North America, its biggest and most profitable market.
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Facebook Inc's first set of quarterly numbers failed to impress investors hoping for signs that the world's No. 1 social network can reverse a gradual deceleration in user and revenue growth.
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Volkswagen's first-half underlying profit rose 6.7% on record vehicle sales as Europe's biggest car maker kept to goals of increasing revenue and matching last year's record profit.
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South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor reported its 13th straight quarter of rising profits on Thursday, boosted by standout sales in Europe that offset a sluggish performance in its home market and China.
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World's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal today posted a 28.25% decline in core profit to USD 2.44 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2012, due to sagging demand in European markets and lower prices.
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ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, beat market expectations and cut net debt in the second quarter due to a divestment gain, but said the market was far more challenging than expected, with little change expected in the second half.
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Apple Inc's quarterly revenue missed Wall Street expectations as brisk sales of new iPads failed to offset lower-than-expected sales of its iPhones, sending its shares down almost five percent.
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Apple Inc faces an unusual phenomenon when reporting earnings this time around: low expectations.
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Societe Generale sees earnings at global software and IT services companies decline by 2% on an average this year.
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Vodafone posted a sharp drop in quarterly organic growth as weak trading in Italy and unexpected slowdowns in Britain and India hit the world's largest mobile operator.
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EBay Inc posted better-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday, and the operator of the world's largest online marketplace stuck to its full-year forecasts as it avoided a hit from Europe's economic woes.
