Toymaker, Hasbro Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) said on Monday that fiscal third quarter earnings rose 17% as the bottom line was bolstered by a double-digit percentage revenue growth in emerging markets and benefits arising from tax adjustments, offsetting weakness in the domestic market. For the latest period, sales in the girls’ segment climbed 29% to $388.7 million; it declined 17% to $392 million at its boys’ segment while sales in games’ segment increased 5.9% to $387.5 million. Revenue from emerging markets soared 22%. Overall revenue rose 1.9% to $1.37 billion. In the U.S. and Canada, revenue slipped 5% while international sales climbed 11%. Both core earnings and revenue topped analysts’ expectation.
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