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Soaring Profits Pull Big Biz Out of Recession

Q4 earnings expected to triple, while consumers stay mired

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 11, 2010 7:16 AM CST

(Newser) – Corporate America is poised to throw off its almost 3-year-long “earnings recession," despite the plain ‘ol recession still bedeviling much of America. Fourth-quarter reports will begin rolling in this week, and analysts believe they’ll continue the upward trends seen in last... Read full story »

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