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• Target Corp. reported fourth quarter revenue of $16.95 billion, up 12 percent from $15.19 billion a year earlier. Same-store sales were up 4.2 percent. Q4 profits rose to $939 million, from $825 million the year before.

Annual revenues rose 12.3 percent to $52.62 billion, while annual income dropped to $2.41 billion from $3.2 billion in 2004, when a $1.24 billion gain from discontinued operations boosted its results.
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