PC World – Though earnings season won’t start in earnest until next month, financial reports and earnings forecasts from companies as varied as Adobe, Red Hat, Oracle and Qualcomm this week indicate that sales across a range of technology products are recovering from the Great Recession.

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AP – Better sales of notebook computers and flat-panel TVs helped Best Buy’s fourth-quarter earnings rise 37 percent, the electronics retailer said Thursday.

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AP – Retail sales in Britain rose 1.9 percent in February from January, leaving them 5 percent higher than a year earlier, the Office for National Statistics said Thursday.

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In this Feb. 22, 2010 photo, builders complete new homes  in Houston. One home is for sale and the other has been sold. New home sales sink 2.2 percent to record low amid stormy weather, weak economy.(AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)AP – Sales of new homes fell unexpectedly to their lowest point on record in February, in part because stormy winter weather kept buyers away. The results pointed to the housing industry’s struggle to rebound from the worst slump in decades.


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In this photo made Feb. 28, 2010, a realtor's sign proclaims a residential home sale in Sudbury, Mass. Sales of existing homes fell for a third straight month in February, pushing sales down to the lowest level since last July. There is concern that the fragile housing rebound could falter, making it harder for the overall economy to recover.(AP Photo/Bill Sikes)AP – Sales of existing homes fell for a third straight month in February, pushing sales down to the lowest level since last July. There is concern the fragile housing rebound is faltering, making it harder for the overall economy to recover.


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