Best Buy quarterly profit jumps
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Best Buy Co Inc. BBY.N on Tuesday   said its quarterly profit rose 22 percent, boosted by new store   openings and sales of high-priced electronics, like flat-panel   televisions.
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Procter & Gamble, the consumer products company, said quarterly profit jumped 14 percent, boosted by strong sales and a gain from the sale of its juice business.
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Department store operator Nordstrom Inc. on Tuesday said third-quarter profit jumped on higher sales, inventory changes and lower expenses, leading it above Wall Street estimates.
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Tribune Co.  reported a better-than-expected rise in quarterly profit on Thursday helped by an extra week in the quarter that boosted advertising revenue at the company's newspapers.
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The retailer reports strong earnings and lifts its outlook.
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If you&#39;re looking for holiday cheer in the somewhat somber retail sector, try Best Buy (BBY:NYSE - news - research). The Minnesota-based electronics retailer Wednesday posted a sharply higher third-quarter
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General Electric Co., the world&#39;s largest company by market value, said third-quarter profit rose 11 percent as acquisitions and economic growth spurred the biggest quarterly sales increase in four years.
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Upscale department store chain  Nordstrom Inc. JWN.N on Thursday said quarterly earnings  jumped 62 percent, as inventory and expense controls boosted  profits.
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Shares of Best Buy (BBY:NYSE - news - research) caught a bid Wednesday after the electronics retailer&#39;s third-quarter results beat estimates.
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The retailer said net income in the fourth quarter rose to $4.1 billion as its focus on low prices paid off. International growth also helped lift profit and sales.
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Best Buy Co. Inc. BBY.N, the  nation's top electronics retail chain, posted a 21 percent rise  in quarterly profit on Wednesday, slightly above expectations,  and said the holiday shopping season was even more competitive  than last year.
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Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy  Co  said on Friday that sales at stores open at least 14  months rose 1.5 percent in December and affirmed its fiscal  2008 earnings outlook.
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Best Buy beat analyst estimates with a 21 per cent rise in quarterly profit, sending its shares 5 per cent higher yesterday. The number one US consumer electronics retailer said
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Best Buy Co. Inc. said on Friday its comparable-store sales rose 1.5 percent in December on strong sales of video games and notebook computers.
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Best Buy Co. Inc.  reported lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday as the consumer electronics retailer cut prices on flat-panel televisions to try to spur holiday sales.
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Retailer Best Buy Co  reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings on Tuesday, helped by strong international sales, and raised its full-year profit forecast, pushing its shares up about 5 percent.
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Best Buy Co Inc. BBY.N on Tuesday   said quarterly profit rose 22 percent, boosted by new store   openings and sales of high-priced electronics, like flat-panel   televisions.