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Best Buy Kicks Off Heavy Week of Retail Earnings

The heaviest part of earnings season has passed, but there are still plenty of notable names left to report. Among the biggest companies on this week's earnings calendar are electronics retailer Best Buy (BBY, $70.65), chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA, $163.85) and discount goods chain Dollar General (DG, $189.63).

First-quarter earnings season so far has been solid by just about any measure, says Jeff Buchbinder, equity strategist at independent broker-dealer LPL Financial. 

An impressive 78% of S&P 500 companies have beat earnings estimates for

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