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Estée Lauder profit helped by growth in US, China
Estée Lauder reported a higher quarterly profit Feb. 5 and raised its full-year profit forecast while standing by its forecast for sales growth, pointing to strong demand in the United States and China that is counteracting weak markets such as Southern Europe and South Korea, Reuters reports.
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