June 19, 2013

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Viacom Profit Increases by 52% But Misses the Revenue Estimates

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Viacom Inc posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday on cost cuts and improved advertising sales, but a decline in DVD sales caused revenue to miss Wall Street estimates. The results, released Thursday, marked a full year of rising profits for Viacom. Coming out of a recession that put a huge dent in the budgets [...]

Qualcomm has 4% Profit Increases in Q3 But Down Revenue

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Cellphone chip supplier Qualcomm Inc’s fiscal third-quarter earnings and revenue beat Wall Street estimates on strong smartphone demand, sending its shares up 3.4 percent after hours. Qualcomm disappointed investors the previous two quarters as prices for phones fell sharply and cut into royalty payments. Qualcomm sells chips to phone makers and collects licensing fees from [...]