Fourth-quarter

Fourth-quarter operating margin, excluding one-off items, was 5.1%, down from 6.2% a year earlier but up from 4.3% in the third quarter.

Electrolux Warns Mature Markets to Stay Weak Katarina Gustafsson 2012

Fourth-quarter sales rose 2% to $12.29 billion, falling short of the Thomson estimate of $12.5 billion.

Merck Swings to Profit on Fewer Charges, Sales Growth Peter Loftus 2012

Fourth-quarter mobile service revenue in its Dutch consumer wireless business was down 13%, after a 11% decline in the prior quarter.

KPN Cuts Outlook as Weakness in Dutch Market Persists Archibald Preuschat 2012

Fourth-quarter costs linked to the deal will be released next week when the company reports financial results for the period.

NYSE, Deutsche Börse Officially Pull Deal Plug Jacob Bunge 2012

Fourth-quarter costs linked to the deal will be released next week when the company reports financial results for the period.

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Fourth-quarter material and freight expenses rose by $180 million from the same period a year earlier.

Deere's Profit Rises 46% Bob Tita 2011

Fourth-quarter ARPU for wireless voice services fell to 16,574 won from 22,457 won a year earlier, while that of its wireless mobile data services increased to 12,252 won from 8,824 won, said KT.

KT Corp's Net Profit Rises Jung-Ah Lee 2012

Fourth-quarter results for Alibaba.com, the business-to-business arm of Alibaba Group and the only listed part of the company, show net income up 46% year on year and paying customers pushing past the million mark.

Alibaba's Most Valuable Treasure Still in the Cave Tom Orlik 2011

Fourth-quarter net profit alone was higher than net profit for the whole of 2010.

Randgold Net Profit Surges Alex MacDonald 2012

Fourth-quarter sales, excluding acquisitions, disposals and currency movements, rose 6.6%, missing a company-produced consensus of market forecasts that predicted 6.8% growth.

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