Deals on electronics not likely to improve
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Electronics chains Best Buy and Circuit City announced that earnings for the period before the Christmas holiday season for 2000 would be lower than expected. Both cited heavy price cuts given to early holiday shoppers as the main reason for their less-than-expected performance. Best Buy said sales rose by 6% but profits declined by 27% for the quarter ending Nov 25, 2000. Similarly, Circuit City also had record sales during the Thanksgiving weekend but only after slashing prices.
Publication Name: USA Today
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0734-7456
Year: 2000
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Movies, music boost Seagram's earnings
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Entertainment and liquor giant, Joseph E Seagram and Sons Inc, has posted earnings of $21 million or 5 cents a share for the quarter ending Sep 30, 2000, a significant improvement from the $124 million loss reported on the the corresponding quarter in 1999. Increased earnings is attributed to successful film releases, 'Gladiator' and 'The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps,' and music releases from Eminem and Boyz II Men.
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Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0734-7456
Year: 2000
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Companies cite attacks in earnings warnings
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Approximately 100 companies have issued earnings warnings following the terrorist attacks of September 11. To analysts the connection of the attacks to earnings for some firms seems tenuous. The companies most obviously hit are airlines and insurance firms.
Publication Name: USA Today
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0734-7456
Year: 2001
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