Deficit Limits, Budget Rules, and Fiscal Policy
White Papers The paper presents a simple model for discussing the effects of deficit limits and budget rules on fiscal policy. As a result, fiscal "reaction functions" are not monotonically related to the state of the economy.
[July 14, 2005, 6:00]
Intuit says fiscal 2000 on track
News Intuit announced on Thursday that it was on track to meet its fiscal 2000 revenue and operating income goals. The company also said it expects fiscal 2001 pro forma revenue and operating income to grow by more than 20 percent, and that its Internet...
[March 16, 2000, 14:32]
Building Local Government Enterprise GIS in a Limited Fiscal Environment
White Papers Enterprise GIS Administration solutions to beating the all too common challenge of development of an enterprise GIS from a decentralized and distributed department based GIS with limited impact to budgets due to current depleted fiscal environment.
[August 23, 2005, 6:00]
SAS Analyzes Inmate Data Alongside Fiscal and HR Data
White Papers Hoping to increase system efficiencies and improve prisoner success rates, many state and county corrections systems provide education, life and work skills, and alcohol and drug treatment programs. But oftentimes, those who are footing the bill...
[December 27, 2006, 0:00]
HP attributes profits to products
News Hewlett-Packard reported net income of $484m for its first quarter of fiscal 2002, with growth in consumer products offsetting declines in products for big-business customers. The company expects its fiscal second-quarter revenue to be "modestly...
[February 14, 2002, 12:37]
Sun shareholders seek influence over exec pay
News Sun chief executive Jonathan Schwartz got a sizeable raise in fiscal 2006 along with his promotion to the top post, but some shareholders are concerned the company's executive compensation has been too generous.
[September 25, 2006, 9:30]
SCO restates financials
News The SCO Group restated financial results for the first three quarters of its last fiscal year after finding accounting errors related to stock-based compensation and other issues. The changes don't affect net loss or earnings per share for the...
[March 4, 2005, 9:00]
Cisco results show economy is in recovery
News Cisco reported fiscal first-quarter earnings that beat expectations with good sequential growth, giving hope that the ailing economy is on the upswing. The network equipment maker on Wednesday reported that fiscal first-quarter profits and revenue...
[November 5, 2009, 8:35]
Microsoft fares well despite PC slowdown
News Microsoft hobbled fast enough past slow PC sales to meet expectations for its fiscal 2001 third quarter Analysts had been watching expectantly for Microsoft to give guidance for the remainder of the company's fiscal year, which ends June 30, and...
[April 20, 2001, 8:33]
Apple: Fourth quarter was 'most profitable ever'
News Apple did not disappoint investors as it closed out its fiscal year. The company reported its earnings on Monday afternoon, calling the fiscal fourth quarter of 2009 its "most profitable ever". Apple recorded revenue of $9.87bn (£6bn) and earnings...
[October 20, 2009, 8:14]
Sun returns to growth
News After three years of declines, Sun Microsystems returned to revenue growth in its fourth quarter of fiscal 2004. And in an interview, McNealy said Sun plans on profitability, revenue growth and positive cash flow from operations for fiscal 2005.
[July 21, 2004, 9:05]
Microsoft meets lowered expectations
News Microsoft on Thursday met lowered expectations for its fiscal second quarter. Microsoft faced several challenges in the quarter, some of which are expected to spill over into the remainder of the fiscal year.
[January 19, 2001, 8:25]
Legal costs depress Microsoft's bottom line
News Microsoft reported on Thursday fiscal third-quarter revenue above expectations but saw its earnings dented by the costs of a fine by the European Union and its settlement with Sun Microsystems. Overall corporate (information technology) spending...
[April 23, 2004, 8:40]
Can HP's quarter make or break merger?
News Hewlett-Packard will report its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings early on Wednesday--an otherwise routine quarterly check-up that could impact the course of its proposed mega-merger with Compaq Computer.
[November 14, 2001, 9:39]
Indian outsourcing giant racks up $1bn
News Infosys Technologies, a leading Indian software and services company, has crossed the billion-dollar threshold with its revenue for fiscal 2004. For the fiscal year that's just begun, Infosys expects revenue to grow approximately 30 percent, to...
[April 14, 2004, 10:50]
Salesforce sees strong second quarter
News Salesforce.com has delivered strong second-quarter results and raised its financial targets for fiscal 2010. For its fiscal year 2010, Salesforce predicts it will see revenue of between $1.27bn to $1.28bn, and its earnings will be 60 to 61 cents a...
[August 21, 2009, 17:12]
Ellison goes from zero to $900,000
News Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison will receive a salary of $900,000 (£567,322) for fiscal 2004, marking the first time in three years he has received a salary, according to a proxy Oracle filed on Monday with the US Securities and Exchange...
[September 9, 2003, 13:00]
Steve Jobs - another year, another dollar
News Apple Computer gave chief executive Steve Jobs $1 in regular salary and an airplane in fiscal year 2001, while other executives each received one million stock options in a down year for the Mac maker.
[December 27, 2001, 10:43]
Demand for US immigrant work visas rises in 2001
News Demand for skilled foreign workers reached an all-time high in fiscal 2001 -- despite a recession and massive layoffs of American workers. The US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) received 342,035 applications for H-1B visas between 1...
[January 23, 2002, 15:12]
The Day Ahead: CFO search hover over Red Hat earnings
News When Red Hat reports its fiscal second quarter earnings Thursday analysts will be looking for the subtle items that may indicate the Linux software and services company is juggling too much. Even if there were problems, it's unlikely they would...
[September 13, 2000, 11:19]



