Apple reports 85% growth in full year profits but the shares still fall in after-hours trading.
Intel quarterly profits up by 17%
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Article written by Robert Peston
Robert Peston
Business editor
6 hours ago
Consumers – squeezed by high debts and rising inflation – are cutting back on non-essential expenditure. Results out today show they are reducing what they spend in Argos but increasing the cash they hand to British Sky Broadcasting.
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| Dax | 5931.84 | Up | 54.43 | 0.93% |
| BBC Global 30 | 5544.79 | Down | -13.70 | -0.25% |
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