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The company, which licenses comic-book characters, posted first-quarter profit of $45.2 million on strong global demand for its products, and it also raised its 2008 outlook.
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U.S. service industries suffered a slowdown in activity in April, but service companies also appeared to add jobs, the first time this year that their payrolls expanded, a survey showed.