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Real undercuts iTunes with 50p Rhapsody
News RealNetworks on Wednesday will cease selling the music-subscription service MusicNet in favour of Listen.com's Rhapsody, and plans to charge a new low of 79 cents (49p) per track to rip CDs. In addition, Listen is lowering the cost of CD-burning...
[May 28, 2003, 15:17]
Oops! Apple warns of Q4 shortfall
News The revised earnings estimate puts Apple closer to 45 cents to 50 cents a share in the quarter, well below the First Call estimates of 76 cents a share. First Call consensus expects Apple to earn 89 cents a share in its first quarter.
[September 21, 1999, 9:24]
AOL edges by 2Q expectations
News After market close Wednesday, the online service reported fiscal second quarter net income of $224m, or 9 cents per share, excluding one-time events. First Call's survey of 35 analysts predicted a profit of 8 cents per share for the quarter ended...
[January 20, 2000, 9:07]
Informix makes big loss
News The maker of tools and software for database management reported a loss of $120.5 million, or 79 cents a share, for the period, including a restructuring charge of $62.1 million related to job cuts and writedowns of certain assets.
[August 8, 1997, 14:19]
Lexmark tops estimates for third quarter
News The printer manufacturer on Monday reported net earnings of $104m (£62m) and a profit of 79 cents per share on record revenue of $1.16bn for the third quarter. Analysts had expected Lexmark to post a per-share profit of 69 cents and revenue of...
[October 20, 2003, 15:10]
Adobe prints profit for fourth quarter
News The company reported net income of $83.3m (£47.8m), or 35 cents a share, for the final quarter of fiscal 2003, which ended on 28 November. That compares with income of $40.1m, or 17 cents a share, in the same period a year ago.
[December 12, 2003, 10:50]
Dell's bad news means job cuts and weak earnings
News Earnings reached $2.3 billion, or 84 cents a share, compared with $1.9 billion, or 68 cents a share, in 1999. Excluding charges, Dell reported earnings of $508m (£350m), or 18 cents a share. A consensus of analysts polled by First Call expected...
[February 16, 2001, 8:01]
IBM misses targets
News The computing giant saw a profit from continuing operations of $1.41bn (£750m), or 85 cents per share, compared with $1.36bn, or 79 cents per share, a year earlier. Analysts were looking for a profit, including options expense, of 90 cents per share.
[April 15, 2005, 9:20]
New music stores serenade Web surfers
News Apple's iTunes offers songs for 99 cents (60p) apiece, while BuyMusic offers a range of single-song prices starting at 79 cents. MusicMatch plans to jump into the digital song-selling business next week, with Dell promoting the company's new...
[September 29, 2003, 14:55]
Europe's IT industry gets wake-up call
News For each Euro in the EU invested in major IT projects, some 75 cents flows into a market outside Germany today. He cited a study from management consultancy firm McKinsey which found that when one dollar of value creation moves out of the US, $1.13...
[March 10, 2005, 13:00]
Apple celebrates rosy results
News Buoyed by greater than 30 percent growth in both Mac and iPod sales, the company said it earned $546m in net quarterly profit, or 62 cents per share, on revenue of $4.84bn, for the three months ended 30 September.
[October 19, 2006, 9:15]
Lexmark downplays Dell deal
News The results included a write-off of $15.8m, or 9 cents a share, for abandoning a customer relationship management (CRM) software project. Lexmark reported third-quarter earnings of $89.8m, or 70 cents a share, on sales of $1.04bn.
[October 21, 2002, 15:35]
Firms rush to sell songs online
News The service offers an array of nearly 300,000 songs for sale at varying prices starting at 79 cents per tune. Napster's new owner, Roxio, is scheduled to launch a legal version of the service by Christmas.
[July 29, 2003, 10:33]
Intel scores revenue record
News The chipmaker on Wednesday reported a profit of $2.2bn (£1.2bn), or 33 cents per share, for the quarter. Earnings per share were 85 cents, up 85 percent from 46 cents in 2002. On average, 34 analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call expected the...
[January 15, 2004, 15:05]
Apple rakes in profits after strong quarter
News It's nine cents higher than Wall Street was expecting and 26 cents better than the company's own projections. After the close of the stock market Wednesday, Apple reported profits of $818m (£399m), or 92 cents a share, for its fiscal third quarter.
[July 26, 2007, 8:17]
EBay beats estimates and revenue soars
News Pro forma net income for the quarter was $25m (£17m), or 9 cents per diluted share, on revenues of $134m. That compares with earnings of $5.1m, or 2 cents per diluted share, on revenues of $73.9m in the same period in 1999.
[January 19, 2001, 8:23]
AMD beats expectations
News Net income for the quarter was $96m, or 21 cents per share. Without that $110m charge, AMD's pro forma net income for the quarter was $205m, or 45 cents a share. AMD topped expectations for fourth-quarter revenue on the back of strong processor...
[January 19, 2006, 10:45]
Google's profits double year-on-year
News The Web search company, based in Mountain View, California, posted net income of $52m, or 19 cents a share. That compares with net income of $20.4m, or 8 cents a share, in the comparable period in 2003.
[October 22, 2004, 13:10]
Investments deflate Compaq profit in 4Q
News Analysts had expected earnings per share of 96 cents. Compaq earned $569m, or 34 cents a share. The Houston-based computer company earned $515m (£352m), or 30 cents a share, excluding one-time charges.
[January 24, 2001, 8:55]
The Day Ahead: Solectron tempers rosy outlook ... for now
News Solectron, one of the largest contract equipment manufacturers, topped fourth quarter estimates with earnings of 28 cents a share on sales of $4.7bn (£3.30bn), officials indicated on a conference call that estimates will be coming up in future...
[September 12, 2000, 11:50]
