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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]
Common Cents Bookkeeping: A Symantec PcAnywhere Case Study
White Papers Since 1986, Common Cents Bookkeeping has provided quality bookkeeping, software support, and training to small and medium-sized businesses. This one-person business, owned and operated by Irene Coon, assists clients with systems implementation for...
[December 7, 2004, 23:00]
Making Cents Of The Open-Source Movement
White Papers In open source development, code is freely available, so those who know how to modify and extend code are able to fix bugs and add features without having to depend on a software company to do it "in their next release.
[December 21, 2003, 23:00]
Disaster Planning: How Much Makes Cents?
White Papers Unlike the Sept.terror attacks and the Northeast power outage in August 2003, Hurricane Katrina gave companies throughout the Gulf Coast time to back up data and implement their business continuity plans.
[December 10, 2006, 23:00]
Dell Tops Estimates - By A Hair
News Dell topped analysts' estimates by a penny a share in its second quarter Thursday, earning $603m, or 22 cents a share, on sales of $7.7bn. First Call consensus expected the PC maker to earn 21 cents a share in the quarter.
[August 11, 2000, 11:43]
Corel Sinks Deeper In The Red
News Corel has seen a fourth quarter loss of 14 cents a share. Wall Street was expecting a profit of 12 cents a share. First Call was expecting a profit of 24 cents a share. The loss was the second red flag for investors in recent weeks.
[December 23, 1999, 6:08]
A Slow Road Ahead For Amazon.com
News Amazon.com reported a smaller-than-expected loss in its first quarter Wednesday, losing $36.4m (£21.9m), or 23 cents a share, on record sales of $293.6m. It's also a whopping 236 percent improvement versus the year-ago quarter when it lost $9.2m...
[April 29, 1999, 10:25]
Qualcomm Tops 4Q Estimates, Sets 4-for-1 Split
News Qualcomm raced past analysts' estimates in its fourth quarter Tuesday, raking in $170m (£102m), or 91 cents a share, on sales of $1.1 billion. First Call consensus pegged Qualcomm for a profit of 88 cents a share in the quarter.
[November 3, 1999, 11:15]
Expedia's 3Q Loss Smaller Than Expected
News First Call consensus expected the online travel service to lose 57 cents a share in the quarter. Last quarter, Expedia posted better-than-expected results, losing $5.9m, or 16 cents a share, on sales of $17.8m.
[May 2, 2000, 13:22]
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]
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]
Engage Beats Estimates
News On Tuesday, Engage Technologies posted a loss of $27.4m (£16.9m), or 52 cents a share, for its second quarter on sales of $12.8m (£7.9m). According to First Call's corrected estimate, the company beat predictions by six cents (3p) a share.
[March 8, 2000, 14:12]
AMD Still Fumbling Demand In Q4
News Advanced Micro Devices Inc.reverted to its typically disappointing form again Wednesday when it missed analysts' estimates by four cents a share in its fourth quarter. The chipmaker earned $22.3m (£13.6m) or 15 cents a share, on sales of $788.8m...
[January 14, 1999, 11:02]
Dell Hits 3Q Targets But Questions Remain
News Dell Computer met analysts' estimates in its third quarter, earning $674m, or 25 cents a share, on sales of $8.26bn. First Call consensus expected the PC maker to earn 25 cents a share in the quarter.
[November 10, 2000, 8:29]
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]
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]
AOL Keeps Up Strong Performance
News In fiscal third quarter results released after market close Tuesday, America Online Inc.posted net income of $117m (£71.34m), or 11 cents a share, including neither one-time events nor results from the recently acquired operations of Netscape...
[April 28, 1999, 9:43]
Gateway: What Slowdown?
News First Call consensus expected Gateway to earn 60 cents a share in the quarter. The $2.1bn in sales represents a 22 percent jump compared to the year-ago quarter when it earned $75.8m, or 48 cents a share, on sales of $1.72bn.
[April 23, 1999, 8:07]
IBM Hits Mark In Gloomy Week For Techs
News A consensus of analysts polled by First Call had expected earnings of 98 cents a share. The company earned $1.75bn, or 98 cents a share, compared with $1.52bn and 83 cents per share in the same period a year earlier.
[April 19, 2001, 11:35]
RealNetworks Posts Record Sales, Sets Stock Split
News In the quarter, RealNetworks lost $700,000 (£427,000), or 2 cents a share, on sales of $23.5m (£14.3m). First Call consensus pegged the Seattle-base firm for a loss of 3 cents a share in the quarter. The $23.5m in sales represents an 88 percent...
[April 21, 1999, 8:16]
