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MP3.com IPO rings in £215 million
News MP3.com, which lets Internet users download news and MP3-formatted music, had put a price tag of $11 (£7) per share earlier this month. Today, the company upped its estimate to $26 (£16), and boosted it again to $28 per share -- thanks to the US...
[July 21, 1999, 14:07]
IPO Update: OnDisplay soars, C-Bridge and eGreetings also debut
News The company, which makes software that makes existing computer applications Internet-ready, earlier this week more than doubled the price range from the original $11 to $13 per share. The e-business consultant raised its price range of its 4...
[December 20, 1999, 15:33]
Adobe misses by a mile
News Analysts at First Call expected Adobe to report a profit of $0.44 per share and some analysts were predicting profits of as much as $0.46 per share. Adobe's woeful results are even more disheartening to the thousands of investors who pushed the...
[March 27, 1998, 9:53]
Dell profits dip 5pc on slowing demand
News Dell on Thursday reported third-quarter profit of $727m, or 37 cents per share, and revenue of $15.16bn. Profits were down five percent from the same quarter a year ago, though earnings per share improved nine percent.
[November 21, 2008, 7:31]
US Report: Apple wows 'em in Q2
News The company posted a second fiscal quarter profit of $55m (£32.7m), or 38 cents per share, well above analysts' predictions of $21m (£12.5m). Louis Mazzucchelli, an analyst at Gerard Klauer Mattison, predicted Apple would make about $0.25 per share.
[April 16, 1998, 8:27]
Microsoft decides to share the wealth
News Microsoft said on Tuesday that it will boost its dividend, buy back shares and offer a $3 (£1.62)-per-share one-time payout as part of a plan to return up to $75bn to shareholders over the next four years.
[July 21, 2004, 9:25]
Netscape posts solid quarter
News Netscape Communications Corp.met analysts' expectations in the second quarter, reporting profits of $8.8 million, or 10 cents per share, on sales of more than $135 million. First Call consensus estimated Netscape would return 10 cents per share in...
[July 23, 1997, 14:07]
Low end server sales boost Compaq's market lead
News Compaq has stretched its lead in the UK server market with a 47 per cent share in the first quarter of this year, according to IDC research figures. UK PC server market growth over the past year has been at around 20 per cent, of which Compaq has...
[May 1, 1997, 11:36]
Compaq posts third-quarter loss
News After market close Tuesday, the computer maker reported a third-quarter loss of $499m, or 29 cents per share. Excluding investment losses mostly related to an investment in CMGI, Compaq lost $120m, or 7 cents per share.
[October 24, 2001, 12:11]
AOL edges by 2Q expectations
News After market close Wednesday, the online service reported fiscal second quarter net income of $224m, or 9 cents per share, excluding one-time events. First Call's survey of 35 analysts predicted a profit of 8 cents per share for the quarter ended...
[January 20, 2000, 9:07]
Do female execs produce better stock returns?
News Newly public companies that have women in senior management enjoy higher initial public offering prices and higher earnings per share than companies that have all-male management teams, according to a study by university of Michigan Business...
[December 1, 2000, 9:10]
Oracle boosts PeopleSoft bid
News Oracle has raised its takeover bid for PeopleSoft to $19.50 per share, valuing the software company at $6.3bn (£3.73bn). The move is not unexpected; analysts and industry watchers have been saying that Oracle's initial hostile takeover offer of $16...
[June 18, 2003, 12:46]
Intel: PC demand has hit bottom
News Intel on Tuesday reported a first-quarter profit of $647m, or 11 cents per share, on revenue of $7.1bn, and suggested that the sluggish PC industry may have finally bottomed out. Net income and earnings per share were down from the year-ago quarter...
[April 15, 2009, 15:40]
Microsoft posts $3b quarter
News The Redmond, Wash.giant reported net income of $663 million, or 50 cents per share, including a $296 million charge to write off in-process technology acquired with the purchase of WebTV Networks Inc.
[October 21, 1997, 9:49]
HP buys EDS for £7.1bn
News HP said on Tuesday that it will acquire computer services firm EDS for $25 (£13) per share, or $13.9bn, in a deal intended to boost HP's services revenue. Revenue earned was $28.3bn, or GAAP diluted earnings per share of 80 cents (41 pence).
[May 13, 2008, 15:28]
Apple losses not so bad
News The 44 cent per share loss was better than many on Wall Street had expected. Analysts surveyed by First Call had expected a loss of 61 cents per share in the quarter. Apple's gross margins in the quarter rose to 20 per cent, compared to 18.9...
[July 17, 1997, 9:07]
Red Hat issues financial teaser
News Red Hat on Tuesday announced expected earnings per share that are one cent better than analysts had forecast for its most recent quarter, citing growth in subscriptions to its Enterprise Linux software.
[June 15, 2004, 16:55]
Media Metrix beats 4Q forecasts
News After market close Tuesday, the online traffic measurement company reported a fourth quarter loss of $2.3m (£1.4m), or 12 cents per share, excluding amortisation and special charges. First Call consensus predicted a loss of 19 cents per share for...
[February 9, 2000, 10:57]
Microsoft profits double
News For the three months that ended on 31 December, the company earned $3.46bn, or 32 cents per share, on revenue of $10.82bn. That compares with profits of $1.55bn, or 14 cents per share, on revenue of $10.15bn in the same quarter a year ago.
[January 28, 2005, 14:05]
Oracle makes 'final bid' for PeopleSoft
News Oracle said on Wednesday that it has increased its cash offer for enterprise software maker PeopleSoft to $26 per share, presenting its rival's shareholders with a $9.4bn (£5.1bn) hostile takeover bid.
[February 4, 2004, 14:15]
