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• UPDATE 1-Dollar Tree profit up, sees sales gains during 4th qtr

  Nov 15- Dollar Tree Inc reported a higher quarterly profit on Thursday and said it expects sales to rise during the current holiday quarter.

• Target third-quarter profit rises

  Nov 15- Target Corp posted a higher quarterly profit on Thursday, as the discount chain lured shoppers with a wider variety of food products and 5 percent discounts for its credit cardholders. Target earned $637 million, or 96 cents per share, in the fiscal third quarter, up from $555 million, or 82 cents, a year earlier.

• Viacom posts quarterly profit despite weak film sales

  Nov 15- Viacom Inc on Thursday reported a decline in quarterly revenue on a sharp drop in movie box office sales, but its profit rose. Viacom, the parent of cable networks MTV and Nickelodeon and movie studio Paramount Pictures, said net income for the fourth quarter ended in September was $643 million, or $1.24 per share, up from $576 million, or $1.00 per share.

• Wal-Mart posts higher quarterly profit

  Nov 15- Wal-Mart Stores Inc posted a higher quarterly profit on Thursday, helped by strong sales of back-to-school merchandise in the United States.

• UPDATE 2-Diamond Foods restatement wipes out $56.5 mln in profit

  Nov 14- Diamond Foods Inc on Wednesday restated financial results for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 erasing $56.5 million in profit, and it posted a net loss for the first three quarters of 2012, after an accounting scandal hurt its ability to do business.

• UPDATE 1-Diamond Foods restatement wipes out $56.5 mln in profit

  Nov 14- Snack food company Diamond Foods Inc reported restated financial results for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 on Wednesday that erased $56.5 million in profit.

• UPDATE 3-Rosy profit, outlook send Abercrombie shares up 30 percent

  *Sees $2.85- $3.00 per share for year, vs estimated $2.48. Nov 14- Robust demand in foreign markets helped Abercrombie& Fitch Co report unexpectedly improved third-quarter profit and a full-year outlook that exceeded analysts' estimates, sending shares up as much as 30 percent on Wednesday.

• UPDATE 2-Weak rates, high costs tip Overseas Shipholding into bankruptcy

  Nov 14- Debt-laden Overseas Shipholding Group Inc, the world's No. 2 independent tanker operator by fleet size, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday after talks with lenders over a $1.5 billion facility foundered.

• UPDATE 2-Tyco results, outlook fall short of Wall St forecasts

  *Tyco expects fiscal 2013 earnings per share of $1.75 to $1.85. Nov 14- Tyco, a provider of commercial fire and security systems and services, reported a quarterly net loss on Wednesday, weighed down by costs from the breakup of the diversified Tyco International conglomerate.

• WRAPUP 1-Loblaw profit falls as rival Metro posts increase

  *Loblaw Q3 EPS 77 Canadian cents vs 83 cents. Nov 14- Loblaw Cos Ltd, Canada's biggest grocer, raised its dividend even as it reported lower quarterly profit on Wednesday, while rival Metro Inc said its profit rose, helped by an extra week in the quarter and a recent acquisition.

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