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Making business see the cents in responsibility
News Ask Ernst Ligteringen of the Global Reporting Initiative what's on investors' minds, and he'll likely say the answer is a lot more than simply dollars and cents. Ligteringen is chief executive of GRI, a Netherlands-based not-for-profit organisation...
[November 9, 2004, 10:48]
A Dollar From 15 Cents: Cross-Platform Management for Internet Services
White Papers As Internet services become ubiquitous, the selection and management of diverse server platforms now affects the bottom line of almost every firm in every industry. Ideally, such cross-platform management would yield high performance at low cost...
[May 1, 2009, 1:18]
Fashion Cents Deluxe
Downloads You are given a wide assortment of hats, tops, bottoms, and shoes in a variety of styles and colors, which you must combine into color-coordinated outfits. Add accessories like glasses and purses to score bonus points.
[April 18, 2008, 11:12]
Oracle's Q1: 'We grew faster than SAP'
News Oracle, which is facing a delay of its acquisition of Sun, on Wednesday reported first-quarter earnings of $1.5bn, or three cents per share, a three-percent increase over the year-ago quarter. Wall Street analysts had been expecting earnings of 30...
[September 17, 2009, 9:12]
AMD: At last a positive surprise
News Advanced Micro Devices finally came through for its investors Wednesday, posting a fourth quarter profit of $65m (£40.3m), or 43 cents a share, on sales of $969m. For the year, AMD lost $88.9m, or 60 cents a share, on sales of $2.86 billion...
[January 20, 2000, 9:27]
Autodesk skips past 3Q estimates
News First Call consensus expected the software developer to earn 13 cents a share in the quarter. It reported net income of $1.4m, or 2 cents a share, on sales of $202m in the quarter. In the year-ago quarter, it earned $24m, or 42 cents a share, on...
[November 24, 1999, 10:20]
Yahoo! earnings beat The Street
News earned $44.7m, or 15 cents a share. topped analysts' estimates in its fourth quarter Tuesday, earning $57.5m (£35.65m), or 19 cents a share, on record sales of $201m. The $201m in sales represents a 120 percent improvement compared to the year-ago...
[January 12, 2000, 11:27]
HP Q1 revenues up, but profits fall short
News Hewlett-Packard returned a profit for the quarter of $929 million, or 87 cents per share, on revenues of more than $11.8 billion, up 15 per cent on the same period last year. But Wall Street had expected the manufacturer to post a profit of 88...
[February 18, 1998, 10:07]
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]
Intel to take $200m charge in 2Q
News Intel said late Tuesday it will take a second-quarter charge of $200m, or two cents a share, to replace defective motherboards. First Call consensus expects Intel to earn 71 cents a share in its second quarter.
[June 21, 2000, 11:44]
US Report: Motorola stung but still beats predictions
News First Call consensus expected Motorola to report a loss of 4 cents a share in the quarter. The $7bn in sales represents a 7 percent decline from the $7.5bn (£4.57bn) reported in the year-ago quarter when it earned $268m (£163m), or 44 cents a share.
[July 8, 1998, 12:18]
US Report: Yahoo! clobbers Wall Street
News destroyed analysts' expectations yesterday by returning a profit of $8.1m (£4.9m), or 15 cents a share, on sales of $41.2m (£25.1m) in its second quarter. First Call consensus expected the search engine firm to return a profit of 9 cents a share in...
[July 9, 1998, 9:58]
Google's results are no cause for concern
News The search giant disappointed Wall Street on Thursday, missing earnings expectations by three cents per share. But that was three cents less than what analysts were expecting, hence the after-hours hyperventilation.
[July 20, 2007, 11:12]
Citrix tops estimates, splits stock
News The earnings compared favorably with earnings of $24.7m (£15.31m), or 27 cents a share, in the same quarter a year ago. First Call consensus was 37 cents a share. Including the acquisition charges, net income was $34m, or 34 cents per share...
[January 19, 2000, 16:01]
US Report: AMD loses £39m in second quarter
News Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has disappointed analysts yet again, posting a loss of $64.5m (£39.3m), or 45 cents a share, on sales of $526m (£320m) in its second quarter. First Call consensus had expected the struggling chipmaker to report a loss...
[July 9, 1998, 10:56]
Yahoo beats analyst expectations for Q2
News Yahoo beat analyst estimates with a second-quarter profit of $141.4m, or 10 cents a share, but its revenue dropped 13 percent from a year ago to $1.57bn as search ad revenue declined from the first quarter.
[July 22, 2009, 12:30]
Amazon.com misses estimates but sets profit roadmap
News Amazon.com posted a wider-than-expected loss in its fourth quarter Wednesday, losing $185m (£113bn), or 55 cents a share, on sales of $676m. The $676m in sales represents a 167 percent improvement from the year-ago quarter when it lost $22m, or 17...
[February 3, 2000, 9:43]
US Report: Intel falls short in Q2
News Intel disappointed Wall Street Tuesday with second quarter earnings of $1.2 bn (£.73bn), or 66 cents a share, on sales of $5.9 bn (£3.6bn). First Call consensus was 68 cents a share. In the second quarter a year ago, Intel reported earnings of 92...
[July 15, 1998, 9:00]
Apple's Q3 stuns Wall Street
News While Apple stunned Wall Street yesterday by reporting a profit of $75m (£45.73m), or 50 cents a share, far better than the 33 cents a share analysts expected, its sales fell to $1.4bn (£.85bn) in its third quarter.
[July 16, 1998, 9:46]
US Report: Microsoft reports a $15bn year
News Microsoft easily hurdled analysts' expectations in its fourth quarter yesterday, returning a profit of $1.36bn (£834m), or 50 cents a share, on sales of $4bn (£2.45bn). First Call consensus expected the world's largest software developer to earn 48...
[July 17, 1998, 11:11]
