Google reversed the trend of slowing revenue growth in its core online-advertising business and posted a 6.7% increase in quarterly profit.

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Verizon Communications reported another round of stellar returns at its Verizon Wireless arm, more than offsetting a growing revenue hole left by its declining core local-phone business.

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Revenue growth for Marketplaces, its core -e-commerce business was around 11%. eBay competes primarily with Google, Square, Intuit GoPayment and other competitors in the payments space, and Amazon in e-commerce.

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Cost-cutting has helped the company deliver profits in its core business, despite weaker revenue.

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The kiosks are RadioShack's only source of revenue growth these days, but it's a non-core business that still provides little return on investment.

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