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LOS ANGELES — Pixar Animation Studios has never released a movie that was not a commercial and creative triumph, and its 10th feature, “Up,” is looking to be no exception — at least artistically.
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Overseas reporters have been a casualty of budget-chopping news organizations, leaving an opening for the online start-up GlobalPost. But at a time when many news executives are exploring nonprofit business models to keep specialized reporting flowing, GlobalPost, which made its debut on Jan. 12, is intended to be a moneymaking venture.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Just three months ago, Hewlett-Packard appeared largely immune to the global recession that had shaken other major technology companies. Now, it, too, has succumbed to a worsening economy, reporting flat revenue growth for the first three months of the year but forecasting revenue declines for the rest of the year. [...]

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The BlackBerry maker Research in Motion on Wednesday forecast profit at the low end of expectations because businesses are not buying its latest smartphone upgrades in the economic downturn.
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The shares fell more than 15 percent after the warning and recovered only slightly by the end of trading. [...]

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Qwest Communications International, the telephone company, said its fourth-quarter profit fell 49 percent from the year-earlier period, but cost-cutting helped its underlying performance beat Wall Street expectations.
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The company, which is based in Denver, said on Tuesday it earned $185 million, or 11 cents [...]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Fourth-quarter earnings fell 49 percent at Qwest Communications International Inc. from a year ago, mainly due to tax effects, while cost-cutting helped its underlying performance beat Wall Street expectations.
Its shares rose 21 cents, or 6.2 percent, to $3.58 in morning trading.
The Denver-based phone company on Tuesday said [...]

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The EMC Corporation, the data storage company, said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter profit fell 45 percent as one-time expenses weighed on its results. Excluding charges, the company’s results beat Wall Street estimates, but EMC said it would issue no financial guidance.
EMC said its earnings for the quarter ended Dec. 31 fell to $288 million, [...]

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FRANKFURT (AP) — Siemens, the industrial conglomerate, said Tuesday that its quarterly profit fell 81 percent, largely as a result of the sale of its VDO Automotive business last year.
The company, which makes products like trains and light bulbs, said net profit fell from 6.475 billion euros a year earlier to 1.23 [...]

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HOPKINTON, Mass. (AP) — Data storage company EMC Corp. said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit fell 45 percent as one-time restructuring expenses weighed on its results.
Excluding charges, the company’s results beat Wall Street estimates, but EMC said it would not issue any financial guidance due to the uncertain economy.
Shares wobbled in premarket [...]

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SAN FRANCISCO — Google’s search advertising business continues to show resilience in the face of the deepening global recession.
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Eric Schmidt of Google said no major cuts were planned.
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Google said Thursday that its net income for the fourth quarter of 2008 fell 68 [...]

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