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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
You can now get the iPhone 3G for as low as $150. The catch? It's a refurbished model.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Monday, December 15, 2008
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Monday, December 15, 2008
Insurance
- Moody's Downgrades Nortel On Adverse Business Conditions
- AT&T; Declines On Downgrade, Other Telecoms Lower
- AT&T; Raises Quarterly Dividend 2.5% To 41 Cents
- Charter Communications Seeks To Boost Balance Sheet
- BCE Reinstates Dividend And Plans Buyback
- Alcatel-Lucent to Cut Another 1,000 Jobs; Aims for Operating to Break-Even in 2009
- Alcatel-Lucent To Cut Jobs, Sees EUR750 Mln In Savings
- BCE $41 Bln Buyout Ended As Solvency Condition Not Met
- White House Opposes Free Wireless Internet Plan: WSJ
- Moody's Cuts Sprint's Senior Unsecured Debt Rating To 'Ba2'
Blog List
Retirement
- National Lampoon, Inc. Announces Charges Relating to SEC Investigation
- Fisher Communications, Inc. Issues Interim Letter to Shareholders
- Telemetrix, Inc. Files for Bankruptcy
- Liberty Media Corporation Announces Greg Maffei, President and CEO of Liberty Media to Host Conference Call
- ROC Pref Corp. Announcement
- USAID Provides $3.7 Million in New Alliance With CARE
- Fisher Communications, Inc. Names Hassan Natha as Vice President/Finance and Principal Accounting Officer
- Bonds.com Updates November Results Conference Call Replay Instructions
- Verizon Adds New HD Channels to FiOS TV Lineup for Portland Area Customers
- Disco and Old School Hip-Hop Channels Back by Popular Demand on SIRIUS XM Radio
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FOX Translator
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Most folks judge the health of a business by the revenue that comes in through sales. But not all revenue is equal. Companies can grow their sales by buying other companies, which means you don't get a clear view of how the real sales trends are moving.
So, many analysts, particularly those who look at retail, try to gauge what¿s known as "organic" growth, by looking at same-store sales. These are sales only at outlets open more than a year, so the metric can exclude any sales jump that comes from opening new locations. Retailers release same-store sales (which are frequently called "comps" since they're a true comparison from the previous period) every month.
Retail, incidentally, isn't the only industry to look at same-store sales. Hospital companies, also use the metric, to gauge how existing hospitals are performing compared to ones they just built or acquired.
