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At a time when companies are issuing warnings about missing earnings targets and scaling back expectations, enterprise cloud computing company salesforce.com seems to be bucking the trend.

After the bell, Salesforce.com reported income of $10.1 million, or 8 cents per share, on revenue of $276.5 million for the third quarter, which ended on Oct. 31.

Dell’s fiscal third quarter isn’t expected to be pretty. The only real question is where Dell’s quarter falls on the ugly scale.

The company’s first shot at an outlook for the quarter unraveled just a few weeks later amid weak PC demand.

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Revenues of the PC maker hit $33.6 billion, with adjusted earnings of $1.03 per share. That's "another solid quarter," CEO Mark Hurd says, as it digests EDS.

The world's largest retailer posted a stronger-than-expected third-quarter profit. Wal-Mart announced Thursday that sales were up 7 percent and earnings increased 10 percent.

Many analysts predicted the economic downturn would be a boon for Wal-Mart.

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The chipmaker comes in a penny below analysts' predictions for earnings, but beats estimates for revenue.

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