News tagged with service sales

Yelp shares surge in stock market debut

(AP) -- Yelp's stock opened to five-star reviews from investors on Friday, soaring 60 percent in the first hour of trading after pricing at $15 on Thursday night.

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HP CEO pleads patience as earnings fall 44 pct

(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Meg Whitman pleaded for patience Thursday as she described operational challenges and other internal problems that contributed to a decline in earnings at one of the world's ...

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Japan's Fujitsu hit by third-quarter loss

Japanese high-tech giant Fujitsu plunged into a net loss for the three months to December, it said Tuesday, as it slashed its full-year sales and profit forecast.

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MOG adds free music gas tank to subscription plan

(AP) -- All that tweeting and sharing of photos on Facebook could finally have a tangible reward: free music.

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created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Cricket's music plan showing promise

(AP) -- If you think people who pre-pay their cellphone bills aren't the type to shell out for music these days, think again.

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Japan's Fujitsu sees post-quake profit growth

Japan's Fujitsu on Friday forecast net profit to rise 8.9 percent this year, expecting demand for IT products and services to recover after the March earthquake and tsunami.

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TeliaSonera says outlook good on smart phones, Asia

Nordic telecoms giant TeliaSonera said on Monday that sales of smart phones, coupled with growth in eastern Europe and Asia, was boosting profits and the outlook for results this year.

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IBM undercuts Google with discount e-mail service

(AP) -- IBM Corp. is trying to stymie Google Inc.'s expansion into the business software market.

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created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

PayPal outage frustrates merchants, consumers

(AP) -- PayPal suffered periodic breakdowns that crimped Internet sales for more than four hours Monday.

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