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HP Opens New Front In PC Price War
News We can't say it's a price war yet, but there's some interesting price-positioning going on here. Hewlett-Packard is again doing the low-price computer limbo with a new $349 (£209) desktop PC. As a result, the new $349 price tag could gain PC...
[June 27, 2003, 14:42]
The Day Ahead: Weakened Apple A PC Price War Casualty
News Commentary: This PC price war is going to get ugly. Welcome to the PC price war. Apple officials said the price war is under way and the company is going to do its part to escalate the conflict. Apple became the latest PC vendor to deliver a...
[December 6, 2000, 12:54]
Analysts Predict PC Price War
News We anticipate a price war in the United States in 2001, as direct vendors, Dell and Gateway, endeavour to gain market share from Compaq, Hewlett-Packard and IBM," said Martin Reynolds, group vice president and research fellow for Gartner, in a...
[March 26, 2001, 16:18]
Dell To Call Ceasefire In PC Price War?
News Dell Computer may start to ease off its PC price war, executives said on Thursday, while reporting third-quarter earnings slightly ahead of expectations. The gains come from a number of areas, including Dell's price war with competitors as well as...
[November 16, 2001, 8:47]
New Pentium 4 Portends PC Price Fracas
News Intel will be the lowest-cost producer, enhancing its gross margins and giving the company an edge in any price war," wrote Ashok Kumar, an analyst at US Bancorp Piper Jaffray. Equally important, though, Intel will slash the price of the Pentium 4...
[April 23, 2001, 8:19]
AMD Heading Back Into The Red?
News AMD reported a net loss of nearly $190m for the third quarter, as the PC market remained mired in a slump and rival Intel continued its price war. AMD earlier this month warned it would post a net loss of between $90m and $110m because of a...
[October 18, 2001, 11:02]
US Report: `Price War' Ravages IBM's Q1 Earnings
News At the same time, our PC business suffered from a severe price war that was greater than anticipated," he said. IBM's chief financial officer said yesterday that an unexpected price war bit into profit margins and dragged down the company's...
[April 21, 1998, 8:39]
PC Memory: The Next Great Battle?
News This war is over how personal computers handle system memory, an arcane but critical technology that affects overall performance. Already, chip titans Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) are lining up in opposing camps, ensuring that the war...
[March 24, 2000, 9:53]
Dell Meets Wall Street's Mark
News Dell has extended its PC price war to the server front, where it introduced a low-price PowerEdge 500SCserver, starting at $699 on August 2. The PC price war sparked by Dell, compounded with a slowing economy, has put pressure on all of Dell's...
[August 17, 2001, 9:02]
AMD Blames Intel For Sales Plunge
News Analysts have been trimming their estimates on AMD in light of profit warnings from PC makers such as Compaq Computer, Gateway and the price war with Intel. AMD said it held or gained market share in the quarter, but the price war hurt AMD as unit...
[October 8, 2001, 10:12]
Intel To Slash Chip Prices By Over 40 Percent
News Although the two companies are engaged in what looks like a price war, it's not voluntary. But "I wouldn't call it a war yet. Neither company wants an all-out war in a period of [market] weakness. Intel's 1GHz Pentium III, for example, could be...
[January 24, 2001, 9:10]
Voice Calls Price War Looms
News Voice calls over the Net are the latest threat to traditional telcos according to start-up firm HearMe, Wednesday as analysts predict a price war in voice calls. Analyst at research firm IDC Richard Moll believes a price war is just around the corner.
[May 24, 2000, 11:59]
Jesse Berst: Why AMD's Athlon Is Good News For Intel
News The bad news is that Intel, not saddled with heavy debt, will be able to sustain losses longer than AMD in a price war of attrition. In Joseph Heller's novel "Catch-22," the main character tries to get out of a war by proving he is crazy.
[August 10, 1999, 15:10]
AMD Ups Athlon Speed, Cuts Prices
News I wouldn't call it a price war," said an AMD spokesman. The pricing move seems to add fuel to the argument for a coming price war between AMD and rival Intel. Chip price cuts, in general, equate to more bang for the buck for the consumer, as PC...
[October 18, 2000, 8:15]
Intel Sees 76 Percent Drop In Income
News One issue is whether Intel will continue the price war with rival Advanced Micro Devices that has pushed down the average selling price of processors. Analysts have said the war may wind down, as both companies look to shore up revenue and average...
[July 18, 2001, 9:13]
Handheld Industry Sees Hope In Wireless
News The delay in availability was considered a contributing factor to an inventory glut at Palm that kicked off a price war among handheld makers. Although the price war was good news for consumers, it led to a sobering situation for companies' stock.
[January 16, 2002, 15:50]
Gateway Misses Estimates As Sales Sag
News Lean times in the PC market have created an ultra-competitive market with major players, such as Dell Computer, Compaq Computer and Gateway, entering into a price war. PC maker Gateway reported on Thursday that it missed earnings estimates for the...
[July 20, 2001, 9:30]
PC Makers Ready XP, But Optimism Fades
News In fact, one analyst said, the PC price war that has undermined companies' earnings may even get even fiercer in coming months. But while PC makers have been hoping that the price war would ease once computer sales rebounded, one analyst contends...
[September 19, 2001, 15:28]
New Desktop Brands Pressure PC Pricing
News Any price war now is more likely to impact the manufacturers than down at our end," said Mike Boreham, services marketing manager of leading multi-national dealer Info Products. Toshiba is not undercutting desktop PC rivals but relying on branding...
[June 6, 1997, 15:07]
Surprise! PC Prices Climb
News The ability to push prices up offers PC makers their first real break since Packard Bell NEC launched a bloody price war three years ago with a multimedia PC priced at $999. But now, coming full circle, the newest home PC lines from Dell Computer...
[January 14, 2000, 6:05]
