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The number of planned layoffs at U.S. firms fell in March but downsizing by retail companies still helped the first quarter rack up the largest amount of cuts in over a year.
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LOS ANGELES, Nov 30- Shares of Yum Brands Inc tumbled 9.5 percent on Friday after the parent of the KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell chains warned that sales at established restaurants in China, the company's biggest market, would fall in the fourth quarter.
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Nov 29- No. 1 U.S. supermarket operator Kroger Co reported higher quarterly profit on Thursday as easing food prices prompted more shopper purchases and raised its full-year earnings forecast. Shares of Kroger rose 3.8 percent to $26 in mid-day trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Nov 29- No. 1 U.S. supermarket operator Kroger Co on Thursday reported higher quarterly profit as easing food prices prompted shoppers to increase purchases and raised its full-year earnings forecast. Shares of Kroger rose 3.4 percent to $25.90.
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Nov 29- Kroger Co, the biggest U.S. supermarket operator, reported a higher quarterly profit and raised its full-year earnings forecast on Thursday. Shares of Kroger rose 4.7 percent to $26.25 in premarket trading.
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TORONTO, Nov 29- Research In Motion received a big boost on Thursday after Goldman Sachs raised its rating on the company, sending shares of the BlackBerry maker soaring more than 12 percent in trading before the morning bell.
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LONDON, Nov 29- European stocks rose early on Thursday, echoing gains overnight in the United States as law makers there boosted confidence that a deal on fiscal policy would be struck, with basic resources the top sectoral gainer. The STOXX Europe 600 Basic Resources index, meanwhile, was up 1.2 percent.
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*China banks, property, Tencent lead HK rebound. HONG KONG, Nov 29- Hong Kong and China shares rose for the first time in four days on Thursday, after a prominent U.S. lawmaker raised hopes of a deal to resolve the U.S. fiscal policy standoff, but turnover was weak, pointing fragile confidence in the market.
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*MSCI Asia ex- Japan inches up, Nikkei opens up 0.7 pct. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged up 0.2 percent, after easing 0.3 percent on Wednesday ending a seven-day winning streak.
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TORONTO, Nov 28- Inmet Mining Corp said on Wednesday that it had turned down a C $4.86 billion unsolicited takeover bid from its larger rival First Quantum Minerals Ltd, sending Inmet shares up more than 17 percent. "Inmet doesn't need a dance partner," said Barry Schwartz, vice president and portfolio manager at Baskin Financial Services in Toronto. "
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TORONTO, Nov 28- Inmet Mining Corp said on Wednesday that it had turned down a C $4.86 billion unsolicited takeover bid from its larger rival First Quantum Minerals Ltd, sending Inmet shares up more than 17 percent. "Inmet doesn't need a dance partner," said Barry Schwartz, vice president and portfolio manager at Baskin Financial Services in Toronto. "
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*Sees FY earnings from continuing ops between $1.38 and $1.40. Nov 28- Teen clothing retailer American Eagle Outfitters Inc said it was heading into a strong holiday season as both its casual clothes and lingerie sold well, and more customers shopped at its stores despite fewer discounts than last year.
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*4th- qtr EPS of $0.64/ shr top Wall St view of $0.48/ shr. Nov 27- Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc on Tuesday forecast earnings for the current quarter and full year that were much stronger than analysts expected, helped by an expanded lineup of single-serve coffee makers and drinks, sending its shares up 24 percent in after-hours trade.