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Security business avoids tech slump
News While PC makers and dot-coms have been hit hard by the tech slump, most network and computer security companies continue to stand their ground. The earnings potholes hit by high-technology companies over the past year will be largely avoided by the...
[August 23, 2001, 8:33]
News Burst: Mobile phone slump hits UK economy
News However, there are concerns that the sector may be heading for a slump. A post-Christmas decline in consumer demand for mobile phones caused a sharp drop in Britain's manufacturing output in January, according to government figures released last...
[March 12, 2001, 10:20]
Exclusive: Apple rallies troops after slump
News Sources said Jobs repeated the company's assertions that the lower-than-expected numbers were primarily the result of disappointing Power Mac G4 Cube sales and a slump in education channels. After an earnings warning halved its stock within 24...
[October 4, 2000, 7:55]
Nvidia warns of revenue slump
News Graphics chip maker Nvidia lowered financial forecasts for its second quarter, blaming an ongoing slump in PC sales. The company said it now expects to report revenue of $410m to $430m (£262m to £275m) for the quarter, which ended on 28 July, and...
[July 31, 2002, 8:20]
Chips may slump into spring 2002
News He predicted that revenue growth would continue to slump through March or April 2002, adding that excess capacity "would likely lead to more aggressive pricing trends and a lacklustre recovery". The PC sector will also continue to slump, he...
[May 31, 2001, 6:28]
Slump in demand for IT workers
News MSB's warning shows that the global slump in the high-tech sector is cutting deep into the UK jobs market. IT recruitment firm MSB International has warned its investors that it is suffering from the slowdown in the technology sector.
[August 15, 2001, 13:39]
ARM chip dominance defies market slump
News UK chip designer ARM Holdings is continuing to thrive despite the continued slump in the IT market, and on Monday announced 42 percent revenue growth for the three months ended 30 September. The results arrive on the back of several high-profile...
[October 15, 2001, 14:19]
Sony plans to ride out economic slump
News Despite the economic slump, Sony Electronics will try to maintain its double-digit growth in the United States this year by releasing a slew of new products. Fujio Nishida, president of Sony Electronics, said Tuesday that revenue within Sony's...
[April 4, 2001, 10:03]
Telecoms slump puts the bite on Bluetooth
News He said that the general economic slump, as well as persistent compatibility problems between Bluetooth products from different manufacturers, also contributed to the revised forecast. The future of the Bluetooth market does not look quite as rosy...
[July 16, 2002, 14:31]
HP suspends pay raises during slump
News After already delaying raises for its employees, Hewlett-Packard has decided to suspend pay increases until business recovers from the ongoing slump in technology spending. An HP representative confirmed the company sent out a memo last week...
[November 8, 2001, 10:58]
Palm's sales slump in April
News Things appear to be going from bad to worse for Palm, the leader in the handheld market. Palm chief financial officer Judy Bruner said Wednesday that the latest numbers from PC Data show that the company's sales at US stores in April were down...
[May 3, 2001, 9:24]
Sun steers clear of computing slump
News Sun Microsystems met analyst expectations for quarterly earnings Thursday, amid a slowing economy many analysts think will later hit the successful Unix server specialist. Sun posted net income of 16 cents a share, just as analysts surveyed by...
[January 19, 2001, 8:19]
Dell turns to networking as PC sales slump
News Dell Computer hopes to use its clout in the computer hardware market to battle the likes of 3Com and Cisco Systems, in the networking business. But it follows other PC makers who have had only moderate success with similar strategies.
[July 26, 2001, 17:56]
PC shipments hit by consumer slump
News An increased demand for notebook computers was one of the few bright spots for the European PC business for the first quarter, which featured sluggish purchasing from corporations and a steep drop in consumer demand following the commencement of...
[April 17, 2003, 13:55]
LinuxWorld: Market slump to pay dividends for Linux
News Eric Raymond, self-proclaimed open source evangelist and Linux advocate, is not depressed by the state of technology stocks. In fact, he believes now is an ideal moment for companies that are looking to tighten their belts to start using low-cost...
[February 2, 2001, 8:49]
Psion slump signals sea change for PC cards
News Psion shares continued to fall this morning following yesterday's revelation that the company's profits for 1999 would be hit due to poor modem sales, following the rapid switch to embedded modems in notebooks.
[February 11, 1999, 12:47]
Compaq hits lowered targets amid slump
News Feeling the brunt of a slow market for technology gear, Compaq Computer reported second-quarter earnings and revenue, on Wednesday, that were in line with lowered forecasts, but represent a steep drop from a year ago.
[July 26, 2001, 16:51]
A Year Ago: Apple shares slump 20 per cent on shock loss
News Apple shares slumped 20 per cent yesterday morning on the back of news that the beleaguered Californians will lose between $100 million and $150 million for its first fiscal quarter, due to be reported January 15.
[March 3, 1999, 5:57]
Veitch Speaks: When slump comes, spare IT
News There are only three certainties in life: death, taxes and IT spending, said Computacenter chief executive Mike Norris. His words made for a lively quote and were instantly picked up by the media fawning over a British company that had succeeded in...
[November 14, 1998, 5:06]
