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BEST BUY Outperforms Forecasts , Tops Analysts' Predictions; Market Share Rises, March 27Comparable-store sales of mobile phones had more than doubled from a year earlier, largely because of the addition of Best Buy Mobile sections in U.S. stores http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123807048171047461.html |
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BEST BUY Profit Beats Estimates on Europe Phone Sales, March 26"An increase in profitability was driven by the company’s European stores, which mainly sell mobile phones" http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=email_en&refer=us&sid=aqzsAXXAfHWA |
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BLACBERRY -- RIM Shares Up Before 4Q Report, March 27. Shares of Research in Motion Ltd. (RIMM) have climbed 14% this month . Goldman Sachs analysts said "we would be buyers of RIM" before it reports fiscal fourth-quarter results Thursday. . RIM said last month that new subscribers, attracted by its touch-screen Storm and the high-speed Bold, will help it beat by 20% its projection of 2.9 million additions for the quarter ended Feb. 28. . Wall Street expects the Blackberry maker to post per-share earnings, excluding items, of 84 cents on revenue of $3.4 billion. |
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SMARTPHONE FORECASTS, March 11. "Sales growth of smart phones -- handsets with Web and e- mail functions -- will be 8.9 percent this year… the segment will perform better than the total mobile-phone market" . RIM BlackBerry Software Store to Open in April http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=email_en&refer=canada&sid=aA1lDZJs013c |