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Oreal shares slump 6.18 percent on sales downgrade
(AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 18, 2008)

Shares in French cosmetics giant L'Oreal slumped by 6.18 percent in initial trading on Friday after the group lowered its expected sales growth for the whole year.

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L'Oreal Drops After Posting Slower Sales, Cutting Forecast
(Bloomberg.com - Jul 18, 2008)

July 18 (Bloomberg) -- L'Oreal SA , the world's biggest cosmetics maker, fell the most in seven years in Paris trading after posting its slowest revenue growth in three years and cutting its sales forecast.

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L'Oreal May Drop After Posting Slower Sales, Cutting Forecast
(Bloomberg.com - Jul 18, 2008)

July 18 (Bloomberg) -- L'Oreal SA , the world's biggest cosmetics maker, may drop in Paris trading after posting its slowest revenue growth in three years and cutting its sales forecast.

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Nokia's single-chip phones sales volumes high: report
(Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 18, 2008)

Nokia (NOK1V.HE) has reached high volumes in single-chip mobile phone sales, the company's head was quoted in a newspaper as saying on Friday.

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Calif. exec charged with illegal military sales
(AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 18, 2008)

A former sales executive for an aircraft parts company is on the run after being charged with illegally sending military items to the United Arab Emirates and Thailand, prosecutors said Thursday.

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France: L?Oréal Cuts Sales Forecast
(New York Times - Jul 18, 2008)

L?Oréal, the cosmetics maker, said 2008 sales would be lower than it projected after second-quarter growth was the slowest in more than three years.

www.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/business/worldbusiness/18fobriefs...

U.S. video game sales seen up 53 percent in June
(Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 18, 2008)

U.S. sales of video game hardware and software rose 53 percent in June from a year ago, with Konami Corp's "Metal Gear Solid 4" helping to fuel a dramatic increase in the number of Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 units sold, market researcher NPD reported on Thursday.

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IBM earnings lifted by sales outside U.S.
(International Herald Tribune - Jul 18, 2008)

International Business Machines reported its profit rose 22 percent in the second quarter, beating expectations and buoyed by higher sales in the economically troubled United States and abroad because of growth in services, hardware and software.

www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/17/business/17IBM-304412.php

Slower economy hurts Microsoft sales
(International Herald Tribune - Jul 18, 2008)

Microsoft, the world's biggest software maker, posted a profit for its fourth quarter that trailed analyst estimates and gave a disappointing forecast after a sluggish U.S. economy crimped sales.

www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/17/technology/17msft-304417.php

Mainframe Sales, Strong Overseas Market Buoy IBM Earnings
(PC World via Yahoo! News - Jul 17, 2008)

IBM reported second-quarter revenue of $26.8 billion, boosted by robust mainframe sales and a strong overseas market.

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