HTC sales improve in November

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HTC sales improve in November
HTC reported an improvement in sales in November, helped by the recent launch of its new Windows smartphones. The company's revenues rose 23.3 percent from the previous month to TWD 21.23 billion. Sales were still down 31.4 percent from November 2011, but the annual decline slowed from over 50 percent in the two preceding months. HTC earlier forecast fourth-quarter revenue of around TWD 60 billion, versus a reported TWD 70.2 billion for Q3. Sales in October and November totaled TWD 38.4 billion.

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