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Symantec Gets a Consumer Lift

Jessica Hodgson, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 28, 2009 at 2:52 pm PT

Security-software maker Symantec Corp.’s quarterly profit rose 19 percent as higher margins and strong sales of its Norton computer-security tools to consumers stemmed revenue declines in its corporate business. Although the company said it is seeing continuing caution among corporate buyers, it has stemmed some of the sharp declines it reported in the previous quarter.