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05-01-2009, 09:20 AM
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MasterCard Profit Falls 18% on Dollar, Less Spending (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/0-0&fd=R&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news%3Fpid%3D20601087%26sid%3DaiqtcACCupQ4%26refer%3Dhome&cid=1344267633&ei=F_n6SaS4II7Gsgb1x_T-Bw&usg=AFQjCNEb62MO4OlXWYW_YwUxSu6QzFZIoA)
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Revenue declined 2.2 percent to $1.2 billion from a year earlier because of “the unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange,” the company said. The gross dollar volume on credit- card transactions around the world declined 15 percent to $369 ...


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