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2007-01-12 08:01:51John Lewis week to Jan 6 dept store sales up 8.3 pctLONDON (AFX) - John Lewis Partnership, the employee-owned retailer, saidsales at its 26 UK department stores rose 8.3 pct to 55.7 mln stg in the week toJan 6, while sales at its chain of 183 Waitrose supermarkets rose 14.1 pct to67.0 mln stg.2007-01-12 07:59:15Carphone Warehouse sees FY results matching forecastsLONDON (AFX) - Carphone Warehouse, the UK mobile phone retailer, said fiscalfull-year results would likely match the City's expectations after a robustperformance in the all-important Christmas period.2007-01-12 07:37:44SKorea's Samsung Elec Q4 opg profit up 11 pct vs Q3 on chips, LCD2SEOUL (XFN-ASIA) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said operating profit in thefourth quarter rose 11 pct from the third to 2.05 trln won, backed by improvedsemiconductor and LCD operations.2007-01-12 07:24:35Japan's Canon to buy out Toshiba stake in joint venture, make SED TVs on its ownTOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - Canon Inc said it will buy out the stake held by ToshibaCorp in their 50-50 joint venture as it has decided to mass-produce SED(surface-conduction electron-emitter display) televisions on its own.2007-01-12 07:08:36Japan's Sharp aims to increase LCD TV sales by 50 pct in next FYTOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - Sharp Corp is aiming to sell 9.0 mln liquid crystaldisplay televisions worldwide in the fiscal year ending March 2008, 50 pct morethan it expects to sell in the current fiscal year, the company said.2007-01-12 06:49:21Home Retail's Argos eyes Indian expansion - reportLONDON (AFX) - Argos, the catagloue retailer owned by Home Retail Group, isclose to signing a joint venture deal that will see it open stores in India,according to a report in the Telegraph.
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