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Google misses profits target
News Google's share price has more than doubled in the past year and risen more than 40 percent since its last earnings report, closing at $432.66 on Tuesday, giving it a market capitalisation of about $127bn.
[February 1, 2006, 11:20]
AMD hurdles Q3 forecasts
News The $1.2bn in sales nearly doubled the year-ago total when it lost $105.5m, or 36 cents a share, on sales of $662m. Sales of its Athlon and flash-memory chips more than doubled from the year-ago quarter and improved ten percent from the second...
[October 12, 2000, 8:00]
More job cuts ahead for Yahoo?
News Meanwhile, revenue from premium services doubled since last year. The company's stock price slid more than 63 percent this year as analysts repeatedly trimmed earnings and revenue projections. The company said it expects pro forma earnings before...
[October 11, 2001, 9:47]
Microsoft has new management, same old caution
News The company more than doubled consensus estimates with fourth quarter earnings of 16 cents a share. First Call was expecting earnings of 7 cents a share. The caution was evident after Microsoft handily beat second quarter estimates with earnings of...
[January 19, 2000, 11:58]
The Day Ahead: Cisco puts face on economic slowdown
News Meanwhile, inventory at Cisco has doubled in just six months. Stephen Koffler, an analyst First Union Securities, kept a "strong buy" rating on Cisco, but cut his earnings and revenue projections. Commentary: You know Cisco Systems was having a bad...
[February 7, 2001, 13:01]
Red Hat Q2 results on target
News We doubled the number of Red Hat's enterprise customers to 34 this quarter compared to 17 for the first quarter of this fiscal year," said Bob Young, CEO of Red Hat. In its first earnings report as a public company, Red Hat, reported a fiscal...
[September 22, 1999, 16:23]
US Report: IBM expected to announce poor quarter today
News Net income at IBM in 1997 was more than doubled 1994's level, but annual revenue growth chugged along at single-digit rates. IBM tipped its hand long ago that earnings will fall short of last year's levels, warning analysts during a conference call...
[April 20, 1998, 9:43]
Google profits surge
News Google's third-quarter profit nearly doubled from a year ago as sales of keyword-related advertising continued to grow for the world's top Web search engine. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial were expecting Google to post earnings per share of...
[October 20, 2006, 8:40]
TI's profits come in lower than predicted
News Sales in that unit doubled from those in the prior quarter, Slaymaker said. Texas Instruments, the largest maker of chips used in mobile phones, reported Monday lower-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue and earnings.
[January 23, 2001, 8:59]
Overture raises ad fees in UK
News Overture Services has doubled its minimum bid price for paid search listings in the UK, and now US marketers are bracing for a similar hike. As the commercial search provider prepares to announce fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday, search engine...
[February 6, 2003, 8:22]
Plunge in Palm shares could mean price cuts
News Buoyed by strong consumer demand for its products and shipments that have doubled and tripled at times, the company expected to ride out the US economic downturn in style. Young cut his price target on the stock from $14 (£9.75) to $10.50 (£7.30...
[March 29, 2001, 7:12]
MS spouts big profit, says Win 98 OK for Q2
News Microsoft said demand for its SQL server nearly doubled during the quarter. Microsoft Corp.reported second-quarter earnings that beat analysts' estimates and quelled any fears that its recent legal problems might eat into sales.
[January 22, 1998, 15:24]
The Day Ahead: Yahoo! dominates
News International revenue accounted for 14 percent of sales, which more than doubled compared to a year ago. Investors will probably sell Yahoo shares today because the company missed the dreaded "whisper number" with earnings of 10 cents a share.
[April 6, 2000, 12:21]
Integration is key for digital video recorders
News TiVo is so bullish, in fact, that it has doubled its revenue target for the current quarter from the previous estimate of between $10.5m and $12m, to between $23m and $24m. For an example of the disconnect between satisfaction and sales, look no...
[August 23, 2002, 6:27]
US Report: AT&T buys IBM networking unit for $5 billion
News In one fell swoop AT&T has doubled its Internet presence. For 1999, analysts are projecting IBM earnings of $7.52 a share. AT&T (financials ) said earnings dilution from the transaction is expected to be insignificant in the first full year of...
[December 8, 1998, 13:58]
Dell Q4 earnings in line with lowered estimates
News Sales into China, now Dell's eighth largest market, more than doubled. First Call consensus lowered its profit estimate from 21 cents (13p) a share to 15 cents (9p) last month after Dell warned that its Q4 earnings would fall short of expectations.
[February 14, 2000, 16:30]
US Report: Yahoo! clobbers Wall Street
News shares have nearly doubled in the past five weeks, surging from 100 in early June to a 52-week high of 207 last week. shares fell 4 13/16 to 186 3/16 ahead of the earnings report. The surprisingly good earnings report continues Yahoo!
[July 9, 1998, 9:58]
The Day Ahead: Genuity's big float sinks shares
News Genuity has worked to expand its customer base -- its non-AOL revenue nearly doubled in the second-quarter. The company projects gross margin break even next year and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation to break even the...
[August 2, 2000, 13:05]
Keeping Business Objects on track
News Recent financial results tell the story; in its last quarter, the company more than doubled earnings, and it increased guidance for the current quarter. The company is now on track to surpass the $1bn revenue mark.
[August 23, 2005, 14:20]
techTrader: Investors cool to eBay revenues
News US Internet auctioneer eBay doubled analysts' estimates in its third quarter Tuesday, earning $3.2m, or 2 cents a share, on sales of $58.5m. Ahead of the earnings report, eBay shares moved up 1 1/8 to 152.
[October 27, 1999, 9:58]
