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Intel blames Europe for poor outlook
News Intel lowered its outlook for second-quarter sales, citing slower-than-expected activity in Europe. Intel said its processor sales have been running at the low end of a normal seasonal decline from the first quarter, lower than it originally expected.
[June 7, 2002, 9:09]
AOL drags down buoyant Time Warner
News Time Warner reported positive fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday despite poor performance from the company's America Online business unit. That compares with a loss of $44.9bn, or a loss of $10.04 per share, for the fourth quarter of 2002.
[January 28, 2004, 15:25]
AMD falls victim to Sars
News Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday predicted lower-than-expected second-quarter sales. Blaming the outbreak of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) virus, the company said that its revenue for the quarter ending June 29 will total...
[June 25, 2003, 8:05]
Palm's loss smaller than expected
News Handheld-maker Palm on Tuesday reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter sales and a loss that was narrower than analysts had forecast. Those numbers compare with a loss of $27.5m, or 95 cents per share, on revenue of $233.3m in the same quarter...
[June 25, 2003, 8:53]
Chip sales up in 2003, forecast improves
News A better-than-expected first quarter of the year boosted the forecast for the 2003 worldwide semiconductor market, according to a Gartner study. But analysts at the firm said the forecast had been recalibrated, based on final 2002 data and...
[May 21, 2003, 8:53]
Novell back in black
News That's the question facing Novell Inc.after it posted surprisingly good earnings and revenues in its fourth fiscal quarter. First Call consensus expected the network software developer to return a profit of 1 cent per share in the quarter.
[November 26, 1997, 14:09]
HP reports 'mixed' numbers
News HP reported a $617 million profit compared to $425 million on the year-ago quarter but most of that was caused by the firm quitting the disk drive business last year, the firm said. Revenues for the quarter were up from $9.1 billion to $10.5 billion.
[August 19, 1997, 13:14]
HP beats forecasts, but will cut jobs
News Buoyed by profit improvements in its computing businesses, Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday reported second-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analysts' expectations. In the services business, sales climbed to $3.03bn from $2.96bn in the prior...
[May 21, 2003, 9:58]
Dell cheers Wall Street yet again
News Revenues for the May-July quarter passed $2.8 billion, up 67 per cent on the year-ago quarter. Profit leapt 108 per cent to $214 million. As other PC makers struggle, Dell reckons its growth is quadruple the industry average.
[August 20, 1997, 11:25]
Nortel results stun analysts
News Nortel Networks blew past analyst expectations for the fourth quarter, reporting on Thursday strong growth in wireless networking and a positive outlook for its voice over Internet Protocol equipment.
[January 30, 2004, 8:20]
PeopleSoft beats estimates
News PeopleSoft has posted fourth-quarter revenue that beat analyst estimates and raised its 2004 earnings guidance on Thursday, continuing a streak of strong quarters that may make Oracle's quest to buy the company more difficult.
[January 30, 2004, 10:35]
Red Hat below expectations, but optimistic
News Red Hat said on Tuesday that it slipped into the red and below analyst expectations for its most recent quarter, but the Linux seller reported revenue growth and progress in selling its premium products for business customers.
[March 26, 2003, 11:22]
Lexmark downplays Dell deal
News Lexmark reported third-quarter earnings of $89.8m, or 70 cents a share, on sales of $1.04bn. On its third-quarter earnings conference call, Lexmark executives said they weren't expecting an immediate payoff in the fourth-quarter holiday season from...
[October 21, 2002, 15:35]
Intel and AMD both claim triumphs
News In regard to fourth-quarter numbers, both Intel and Advanced Micro Devices can declare victories. Intel saw its share of the computer chip market grow to 82.8 percent, a slight increase over its 82.6 percent share in the second quarter, said Dean...
[February 3, 2004, 11:20]
Intel beats forecast by one cent
News Intel on Tuesday reported a second-quarter profit that beat analyst expectations by a penny. The Santa Clara-based chipmaker's net earnings for the quarter, which ended on 28 June, were $896m (£559.21m), or 14 cents per share, on revenue of $6.8bn.
[July 16, 2003, 10:15]
Cisco's results flag tech turnaround
News Cisco Systems' second-quarter earnings inched past Wall Street targets on Tuesday, suggesting that a technology turnaround is under way, even though the company's chief executive officer said customers may still be cautious about spending.
[February 4, 2004, 9:25]
EMC puts in 'solid and balanced' performance
News Data-storage giant EMC reported stronger-than-expected second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, driven by sequential growth across all major segments of the company's business. The Massachusetts-based storage hardware and software maker reported a...
[July 16, 2003, 13:52]
UK PC market finds its legs at last
News The UK PC market, including servers, laptops and desktops, showed double-digit growth for the fourth quarter of last year, driven by rising demand from consumers, businesses and the public sector, according to research from IDC published on Tuesday.
[February 4, 2004, 12:00]
Seagate takes $300m charge
News Seagate Technology Inc.said its second-quarter loss will be worse than expected after the disk-drive maker takes a $300 million charge for restructuring and other one-time charges related to the closing of a manufacturing plant in Ireland.
[January 8, 1998, 10:29]
Orders fall short for Applied Materials
News Applied Materials, the chip-equipment maker, said on Friday that orders placed during its first fiscal quarter will fall short of previous expectations. Citing economic uncertainties, Applied Materials said orders placed during its first quarter...
[January 31, 2003, 15:28]
