Siemens beats forecasts as core units shine
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Industrial group Siemens  more than doubled operating profit in the July-September quarter, beating market expectations, as its core factory-automation, power and healthcare businesses thrived.
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Edison International EIX.N on  Wednesday raised its earnings forecast for 2004, citing  improved performance at its utility unit Southern California  Edison.
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United Utilities shares surged 12 to 559p yesterday after a robust set of interim results set the stage for next Thursday&#39;s critical review by Ofwat, the water regulator.
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Plus: Alltel profit, revenue rise...SanDisk earnings top estimates...SAP revenues solid, outlook moderate...Phone sales boost Nokia profits past forecasts.
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Server and software maker says it beat targets, but laid off more workers than expected in the first quarter.
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Diversified manufacturer Ingersoll-Rand Co Ltd  reported better-than-expected quarterly net profit on Friday on stellar international results and demand for such industrial products as air compressors, sending its shares up about 2 percent.
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German semi-conductors giant Infineon's earnings rose sharply in the first three months of its current business year, but solely as a result of one-off factors and said the outlook for the second quarter was ...
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Credit Suisse First Boston overnight cut its rating on German mobile phones-to-turbines conglomerate Siemens (SI) (DE:723610) to neutral from outperform and cut its price target on the stock to 65 euro from 70 euro.
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IBM  on Thursday forecast  2008 earnings well ahead of Wall Street expectations after  results showing a strong international performance, and its  shares rose 5 percent.
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Britain's BT Group Plc  posted third-quarter core earnings in line with forecasts on Thursday and issued a strong outlook amid a better-than-expected broadband performance, helping its shares touch five-year highs.
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German conglomerate Siemens AG said on  Thursday its annual China sales jumped 28 percent on strong  demand for gas turbines, and forecast further growth even as  the government slows down the economy.
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The following stocks may make significant gains or losses in German markets today. Futures that track Germany&#39;s benchmark DAX Index rose 0.4 percent to 3890.
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Contract manufacturer Flextronics  International Ltd  posted a quarterly profit that beat  expectations on Tuesday and stuck to its earnings forecasts,  sending its stock up nearly 5 percent.
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T-Online, Deutsche Telekom's majority owned Internet service provider, said it was lifting its forecast for full-year core earnings after reporting better-than-expected results.
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German engineering conglomerate Siemens  posted first-quarter profits that beat expectations but failed  to present a solution for its ailing mobile phones business on  Thursday.
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September quarter was a good one, but software maker's revenue forecast for current period falls short of analysts' expectations.
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German conglomerate Siemens AG said on  Thursday its China order book jumped 34 percent to $5 billion,  helped by its burgeoning power business.