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Analysis: Economy to show stamina as global growth slows

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economy is gaining momentum and should push through next year with only a few bruises despite an almost certain European recession and slower global growth.A firming in the anemic labor market should put the economy in reasonable shape ...

Oracle sales miss forecasts, shares plunge

(Reuters) - Oracle Corp's profit missed Wall Street's forecasts for the first time in a decade after new software sales sputtered, hammering its shares and stoking fears that a global economic slowdown is hurting tech spending.Shares in the world's No. 3 software ...

Earnings forecasts look less bright

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prospects for corporate earnings are dimmer in the coming quarters -- even though reports so far this quarter have been relatively bright.Third-quarter reports among the big names have been reasonably solid, with Google , McDonald's and others reporting ...

Samsung, other Asian tech shares tumble on earnings

SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics and other Asian technology stocks tumbled on Friday as the sputtering global economy threatens to crimp demand for computers and TVs and hit earnings of chip and panel makers for the rest of the year.Investors, who had ...

GE sees best profit outlook in a decade, execs say

SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - General Electric Co sees its best earnings growth prospects in a decade as the global economic recovery drives demand for the heavy energy and aviation equipment it makes, top executives said.Rising oil prices have not yet taken ...

IMF chief says Spain to avoid wider debt woes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Spain will ward off the worst of a European debt crisis without needing a rescue and there is no threat to the euro currency's existence, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday.Dominique Strauss-Kahn, interviewed at a ...
The SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard results are in and they're revealing more of the same. Jobs increased slightly from last month (0.2%) to bring us to a year-to-date increase of 4.1 percent and paychecks neither dipped nor rose from June, keeping us ...

Emerging markets boost industrials' bottom line

NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Industrial companies, including Caterpillar Inc and 3M Co , credited demand from emerging markets like China for another round of stronger-than-expected quarterly results and improved 2010 forecasts.Those global giants have invested heavily in recent years to expand in ...

Wall St Week Ahead: Stocks, at crossroads, turn to earnings

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. stock market landed at a technical crossroads following its best week in a year, yet the potential for positive earnings surprises beginning next week could give an edge to the bulls.Analysts turned increasingly bearish before the ...

Visa beats expectations, raises revenue forecast

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Visa Inc <V.N> reported a 33 percent increase in second quarter earnings, better than Wall Street expected, as consumer spending rebounded and management said it was increasingly optimistic about the economy.The world's largest credit and debit card network ...
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