Lowe’s Earnings Top Estimates as Sales Disappoint

The world’s second-largest home improvement retailer reported that its earnings rose 17% in the third quarter. While the profit beat analysts’ estimates, sales came in lower than expectations.
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General Motors Posts $2 Billion Third-Quarter Profit

With just days to go before its anticipated initial public offering of stock, General Motors reported Wednesday that it earned $2 billion in the third quarter, its most profitable this year.
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Why Did News Corp. Bury HarperCollins’ Earnings?

Why did News Corp. bury the earnings of its book publishing unit HarperCollins? Does the media giant view the publisher as merely an afterthought — or could Rupert Murdoch be contemplating a sale?
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