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TOKYO, April 25- Sony Corp raised its operating profit estimate for the year that ended March 31 by three-quarters after it counted gains from the sale of its New York headquarters and other asset sales and revalued a stock holding, helping the TV maker cover losses in its consumer electronics business.
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 24- Supply issues have snarled the U.S. rollout of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's latest flagship smartphone, which will go on sale at carriers Sprint and T-Mobile later than expected, the wireless service providers said on Wednesday.
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latest flagship smartphone, which will go on sale at carriers Sprint and T-Mobile later than expected, the wireless service providers said on Wednesday. Sprint will take online orders starting Saturday as planned, but the phone will be sold at retail outlets only as it becomes available.
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 24- Leading mobile chipmaker Qualcomm forecast earnings below expectations on Wednesday as competition in smartphones intensifies and shifts toward Asia, and its stock fell sharply.
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 24- Supply issues have snarled the U.S. rollout of Samsung Electronics' latest flagship smartphone, which will go on sale at carriers Sprint and T-Mobile later than expected, the wireless service providers said on Wednesday.
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 24- Supply issues have snarled the U.S. rollout of Samsung Electronics' latest flagship smartphone, which will go on sale at carriers Sprint and T-Mobile later than expected, the wireless service providers said on Wednesday.
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 24- Leading cellphone chipmaker Qualcomm forecast earnings below expectations on Wednesday as competition in the smartphone market intensifies, sending its stock sharply lower.
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"The Galaxy is still a beautiful, high-horsepower Android phone," New York Times' columnist David Pogue wrote. If this were Apple, who adds the letter S to denote a slightly upgraded model, Samsung might have called this phone the Galaxy S3S, "he wrote. Samsung has so far sold more than 40 million S3 smartphones, rivaling that of Apple Inc's iPhones.
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Broadcom, which sells wireless chips used in Apple's iPhone as well lower-end devices popular in Asia, posted first-quarter revenue of $2.01 billion, up 9.7 percent from the year-earlier period.
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April 23- RadioShack Corp reported a much wider than expected quarterly loss on weak sales of wireless phone contracts and higher demand for less-profitable smartphones, a trend its new chief executive promised to change.
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WASHINGTON, April 22- Apple Inc scored a win on Monday when the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that it did not violate a Google patent to make the popular iPhones. The smartphone industry has seen dozens of lawsuits on several continents as Apple and companies that make smartphones that use Google's Android software vie for market share.
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April 18- Google Inc's core Internet business grew net revenue 23 percent in the first quarter, softening the effect of a sharp decline in its Motorola mobile phone division. Shares of Google, which reached an all-time high of $844 in March, were up 1.5 percent to $777.75 in after hours trading on Thursday.
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HELSINKI, April 18- Analysts' reactions to Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia's Q1 results. "They are on a right track and we can see a much better year for Nokia smartphones. "I think when Nokia gets to over 10 million of Windows phone 8... volume that will keep Nokia in the game."
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HELSINKI, April 18- Nokia's Chief Executive Stephen Elop said tougher competition was the main reason behind the fall in sales of regular mobile phones.
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HELSINKI, April 18- A big fall in sales of Nokia's basic phones overshadowed a stronger performance from its Lumia smartphones in the first quarter, and it said it expected operating margins to deteriorate, sending its shares down 11 percent.
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HELSINKI, April 18- Analysts' reaction to Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia's Q1 results. MIKAEL RAUTANEN, ANALYST AT INDERES EQUITY RESEARCH. "The group result was a bit better than expected, but the outlook for the second quarter was more important this time, and that was a bit of a disappointment.
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia trimmed its losses in the first quarter, thanks to stronger Lumia smartphone sales.
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HELSINKI, April 18- Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia trimmed its losses in the first quarter, thanks to stronger Lumia smartphone sales. Nokia, which has fallen behind Samsung and Apple in the smartphone race, said it sold 5.6 million units of Lumia handsets in the first quarter, up from 4.4 million in the previous quarter.
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HELSINKI, April 17- Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is expected to have trimmed its losses in the first quarter, thanks to rising Lumia smartphone sales and a turnaround at its equipment venture Nokia Siemens Networks.
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HELSINKI, April 15- Nokia's push to expand sales of its Lumia smartphones in new markets such as China should help shrink an overall revenue decline and reduce its first-quarter loss, easing some of the pressure on CEO Stephen Elop.