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SYDNEY(MarketWatch)-- Australian shares were little changed early Friday, following modest rise for U.S. stocks after Greece agreed to an austerity deal and U.S. jobless claims eased. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 traded at 4,282.60. Major miners...
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Waste removal company Republic Services Inc. reported late Thursday fourth-quarter profit rose to $191 million, or 51 cents a share, from $147.6 million, or 38 cents, a year ago. Revenue for the quarter ended Dec....
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Intel Corp. and the New York Attorney General have agreed to end a lawsuit in which the tech company was accused of violating U.S. and state antitrust laws, the chip maker said Thursday. The agreement comes two...
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Pitney Bowes , the mail and document-servicing company, reported Thursday a tax benefit helped boost fourth-quarter profit to $257.5 million, or $1.28 a share, from $63 million, or 31 cents a share, in the same 2010...
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Not to be outdone by the U.S. attorneys general, four other federal agencies were quick to lay claim to $2.2 billion of the massive mortgage settlement reached Thursday with five of the nation's biggest mortgage lenders.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Expedia Inc. reported late Thursday fourth-quarter profit fell to $162.1 million, or 44 cents a share, from $169.2 million, or 45 cents, a year ago. Adjusted to exclude one-time items, the company had a profit of 58...
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Activision Blizzard Inc. solidly beat Wall Street's forecast for earnings and sales in the fourth quarter thanks to strong sales of its videogame titles. For the quarter ended Dec. 31, Activision reported net income...
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - LinkedIn on Thursday reported a fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $6.9 million, or 6 cents a share, compared with a profit of $5.3 million, or 3 cents a share, for the year-earlier period. Revenue was $167.7 million,...
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks gained for a third day Thursday, keeping the indexes at multi-year highs, after U.S. jobless claims dipped and Greece reached an austerity deal that should lead to a new round of international aid. The...
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Crude futures ended hgher Thursday, extending gains for a third straight session, as an austerity agreement in Greece and a dip in U.S. jobless claims led to hopes of more oil demand. Crude for March delivery added...
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