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Broadcom Cuts Revenue Targets As Demand Dips
News The slowdown stems from falling demand from network equipment manufacturers, which are delaying and cancelling orders for Broadcom chips due to slowing demand for their own parts, he said. Broadcom chief financial officer Bill Ruehle added that the...
[February 8, 2001, 16:38]
US Report: Motorola Stung But Still Beats Predictions
News In the quarter, semiconductor sales fell 11 percent to $1.81bn (£1.1bn) and orders were down 25 percent. Sales from the messaging, information and media segment fell 32 percent to $771m (£470m) and orders were off by 35 percent versus the year-ago...
[July 8, 1998, 12:18]
Media Companies Demand ID Numbers For CDs And DVDs
News The software and media groups also want the process of being granted civil search orders (known as Anton Piller orders in the UK) to be made easier and cheaper throughout the EU. Dara MacGreevy, vice president of the Motion Picture Association...
[May 24, 2002, 17:44]
Amazon Hits 2Q Estimates
News Repeat customer orders represented more than 70 percent of orders in the quarter. The stock surged to a high of 221 1/4 in April after falling to a low of 21 5/8 in September. First Call consensus expected the online retailer to lose 51 cents a...
[July 22, 1999, 9:04]
EU Data Laws Threaten UK Firms
News For example, an online pharmaceutical store selling medicines may find itself falling foul of the law if it orders the drugs from a US supplier. UK firms face fines, imprisonment or even closure under an EU data protection directive that became law...
[March 1, 2000, 16:10]
Falling Prices Drive UK Notebook Sales
News Context said retailers, mail orders and online outlets contributed to this rise. The notebook segment drove the sales, fuelled by falling prices in Germany, France and the United Kingdom. Computer sales to channels in key European markets grew by...
[June 21, 2004, 10:40]
Apple Tops Estimates
News Anderson characterized Apple's Titanium PowerBook G4 as a hit, saying the company shipped 115,000 of the notebooks in the quarter and expects to reduce its backlog of orders for the sleek portable to a normal level by the end of April.
[April 19, 2001, 8:02]
650 UK Jobs Go In Alcatel Cutbacks
News Like other equipment providers in the telecommunications industry, Alcatel has suffered from a big drop in orders. Corning, the world's biggest manufacturer of fibre-optic cables, blamed falling demand for the closure.
[October 4, 2001, 16:38]
Double Delight For PC Memory Makers
News Part of the reason is that PC makers have increased their orders to insulate themselves from fears of shortages later this year, said Nam Hyung Kim, principal analyst at iSuppli. So far, 2004 appears to be headed for the surge category, which could...
[April 14, 2004, 11:15]
Why Mighty MS Missed The Boat
News I have had some outstanding buy orders on Microsoft for more than a week now, anticipating they'd lose the first round. It's hard to believe Microsoft shares were trading at a 52-week high of 100 3/4 in July after falling to a low of 53 3/4 last...
[November 19, 1999, 8:39]
Dell Hit By Intel Shortage
News The tightness, he said, is caused by Intel seeing higher numbers of orders from PC makers than it expected to have, so-called upside demand. Meredith and Dell were quick to say that the situation has resolved itself, with component shortages...
[January 27, 2000, 8:33]
Pricing Blunder Hits Apple Online
News Other members pointed out that multiple orders were the very thing which would alert Apple to any potential mistake. He believed it may have been a genuine offer with companies slashing prices during the sales and the cost of digital cameras...
[January 5, 2006, 8:20]
Cisco Targets Data Centres With Nexus 7000
News The amount of data going over networks today is in orders of magnitude greater than it was a few years ago," said Arun Taneja, founder and consulting analyst for the Taneja Group. Not only is it difficult for the company to grow the business in...
[January 28, 2008, 7:55]
Markets Eye Jobless Figures And Await Intel Report
News Reports on Thursday about jobless claims, productivity and factory orders will help investors decide whether those gains were merited. The Commerce Department is expected to report October factory orders Thursday.
[December 6, 2001, 16:21]
PC Market Holding Out For Recovery
News Merrill Lynch analysts Steve Fortuna and Tony Tseng described manufacturers in Taiwan, who normally have a backlog of orders, as living order to order without great demand for PCs. Manufacturers have been filling orders for notebook PCs in as few...
[March 13, 2002, 10:11]
Chip Sector Shows Some Growth
News In April 2001, the ratio hit its lowest point in 10 years, falling to 0.42 -- that is, the value of new orders received wasn't even half that of equipment shipped. Orders for semiconductor-manufacturing equipment rose in October, even though the...
[November 21, 2001, 16:31]
AMD Ups Athlon Speed, Cuts Prices
News Gateway is already taking orders on PCs with the 1.2GHz chip. The 1.1GHz was slashed by 46 percent, falling from $853 to $460. Advanced Micro Devices is turning up the clock speed on its Athlon and Duron desktop chips and cutting prices on its...
[October 18, 2000, 8:15]
Amazon.com Loss Less Than Expected
News Repeat-customer orders accounted for 76 percent of its total sales, up from 66 percent in the year-ago quarter. Its shares have slumped in recent months, falling from a 52-week high of 113 in December to below 50 earlier this month.
[April 27, 2000, 9:07]
Software Sector Hit By Falling Sales
News The UK's software industry has been hit by a big drop in orders, which is forcing many companies stop developing new products, according to reports. Chief executive Dennis Keeling told Sunday Business that some of its members didn't know where...
[October 1, 2001, 12:52]
BT And Oftel Baffled As Unbundling Fails To Attract
News Oftel has been forced to call an extraordinary meeting between BT and other telcos Thursday as orders for unbundling fail to materialise. The orders for space at the first wave of sites are lower than anticipated.
[January 17, 2001, 11:36]
