QUES: Shares of Tampa-based Outback Steakhouse Inc. closed at $ 44.50 , up $ 1.78 , or 4.2 percent , on the New York Stock Exchange .

Shares of the Oak Brook , Ill.-based hamburger giant closed at $ 24.60 , up 51 cents , or 2.1 percent , on the New York Stock Exchange .

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QUES: Excluding one-time items , the company enjoyed a profit of 6 cents a share .

Excluding one-time items , it expects profit of 11 cents to 15 cents a share .

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ANS: no

QUES: Singapore reported no suspected SARS cases Wednesday , but officials quarantined 70 people who had contact with the Taiwanese patient .

Still , Singapore quarantined 70 people who had been in close contact with the scientist .

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no