PC and printer giant Hewlett-Packard said late Wednesday that it is buying networking equipment maker 3Com for $2.7 billion in cash, and also released preliminary fourth quarter results that beat expectations.
Nordstrom's preliminary quarter-to-date sales totaled $1.25 billion, a 12.6% increase over the year-ago period.
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(Samsung's preliminary second quarter results will be released today).
Preliminary first-quarter gross domestic product growth in the U.K. was in line with consensus expectations, at 0.4% quarter on quarter and 2.5% year on year.
When the company reports preliminary first-quarter results next week, the former growth machine is expected to report a 24.4% drop in net income for the quarter ending in April; sales are expected to drop to $14 billion from $14.2 billion during the year-ago quarter.
The company also reported preliminary fourth-quarter profit and sales that met analysts' estimates.
Last month, Snap Interactive reported preliminary fourth-quarter 2007 sales of $388,000.
Preliminary fourth-quarter earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization fell 9percentto to 13 million euros ($17 million).
RadioShack announced preliminary fourth-quarter earnings of 50 to 54 cents a share, below the 67 cents expected by analysts.
Scripps reported preliminary fourth-quarter earnings of $123 million, or 75 cents a share, compared with $134 million, or 81 cents a share, in the period a year earlier.
