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Best Buy impresses with market share, profit view

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Best Buy Co appeared to gain market share from rivals in the United States during the key holiday season and stood by its profit outlook for the financial year despite a 1.2 percent same-store sales decline in December.

Best Buy backs profit view despite soft December sales

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Best Buy Co stood by its profit outlook for the financial year despite a 1.2 percent same-store sales decline in the key selling month of December, allaying some concerns that all its holiday sales were driven by profit-sapping discounts.
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Samsung estimates record Q4 profit on strong smartphones

Samsung Electronics, the world's top maker of memory chips and smartphones, estimated on Friday its October-December profit would jump 73 percent to a life-time high, aided by one-off gains and record-smashing sales of smartphones.
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HP TouchPad Go: Will New Tablet Computer Go on Sale for $99? [VIDEO]

Just when you thought you'd never hear the words HP TouchPad ever again, the miniature version of the tablet computer that drove the market insane when it went on sale for $99 has emerged: the HP TouchPad Go. Don't get too excited; While many wonder if the smaller device will go on sale for $99 like it's larger predecessor, many believe it will actually never go on sale.
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Best Buy Black Friday Failure: Top Scathing Comments

Best Buy cancelled/delayed some of its Black Friday online orders, citing overwhelming demand in November and December. The company admitted its shortcomings to FOX 9 and said it was very sorry for the inconvenience to its customers.
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Amazon shares give up 2011 gains on profit concern

Amazon.com Inc shares dropped to levels not seen since March Wednesday on concern that big spending and aggressive pricing by the No. 1 Internet retailer will hit profit during the crucial holiday season and well into next year.
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Best Buy's profits squeezed by discounts

Best Buy Co's quarterly profit missed Wall Street estimates as bigger discounts during the key holiday selling season ate into profits at the world's largest electronics chain.
A customer holds an armload of electronics as he waits to check out at a Best Buy store in Pineville, North Carolina

Best Buy's Quarterly Profit Squeezed by Discounts

Best Buy Co's quarterly profit missed Wall Street estimates as bigger discounts during the holiday season squeezed margins at the world's largest electronics chain, and its shares fell 9 percent in premarket trading on Tuesday.
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Samsung wins a round in long legal fight with Apple

Samsung Electronics Co won a round of its bruising global patent fight with Apple Inc on Friday when an Australian court lifted a ban on the sale of its Galaxy tablet computer in time for the busy Christmas shopping season.
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Samsung wins round in long legal fight with Apple

Samsung Electronics Co won a round of its bruising global patent fight with Apple Inc on Friday when an Australian court lifted a ban on the sale of its Galaxy tablet computer in time for the busy Christmas shopping season.
Visitors walk past Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets on display in Seoul

Samsung Wins Australian Round Against Apple

Samsung Electronics Co won a round of its bruising global patent fight with Apple Inc on Friday when an Australian court lifted a ban on the sale of its Galaxy tablet computer in time for the busy Christmas shopping season.
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Australia court lifts Samsung Galaxy Tab sales ban

An Australian court on Friday lifted a ban on the sale of Samsung Electronics' Galaxy tablet computer in the country, adding to a U.S. legal victory for the South Korean technology firm in its bruising battle with Apple Inc.
A salesman talks on his mobile phone as he walks past Samsung Electronics' LED television displays at an electronics store in Seoul April 29, 2011.

Samsung's November TV Sales Hit Record

Samsung Electronics Co, the world's top TV brand, said on Thursday its television sales hit a record 5.7 million units in November, helped by strong U.S. sales during the long Thanksgiving weekend.

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