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Profit Warnings Rife Among Hardware Suppliers
News One in eight UK-based hardware suppliers have issued profit warnings in the last three months, according to Ernst & Young. Most profit warnings were brought about by contracts being delayed, and the majority were issued by smaller companies, the...
[October 16, 2006, 12:50]
The Day Ahead: Amazon Learns New Word (profit), Wall Street Cheers
News That projection will lead many analysts to conclude that Amazon can turn a profit in 2001. Amazon.com now has a profit roadmap (sort of) and analysts will gush about the e-tailer. After Amazon preannounced its fourth quarter sales in early January...
[February 3, 2000, 11:45]
Profit Warnings Cloud Tech Earnings Season
News Meanwhile, Wall Street has to digest a slew of profit warnings. You can't read too much into BMC's warning since it issued a profit warning in its second quarter too, but it's enough to worry investors about other software companies.
[January 7, 2000, 10:48]
Profit Warning And Poor Forecast From Ericsson
News Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson joined rival Motorola in issuing a profit warning Monday, as it announced it was expecting to make a loss for the first quarter of this year. Market leader Nokia declined to comment last week on rumours...
[March 13, 2001, 8:18]
Corel Plunges After Profit Warning
News Corel, which recently hit a 52-week high of 44 1/8 fuelled by Linux hype, fell 4 13/16 to 13 3/4, or 25 percent, after it shocked investors Wednesday with a profit warning. Duncan Stewart, fund manager at Tera Capital, told Reuters recently that...
[December 23, 1999, 10:49]
Quarterdeck Back In Profit
News Pundits who had written off Quarterdeck after three consecutive losses may have spoken too soon as the utilities maker posted a $20,000 profit of $24.4 million revenues for its October-December quarter yesterday.
[January 31, 1997, 15:26]
Google Sees Profit In Product Images
News The company has long cast itself as an incorruptible search service in an increasingly profit-driven business -- an image that helped it win a die-hard grassroots following. Google is testing a feature that lets consumers browse the pages of mail...
[December 19, 2001, 12:49]
Not-for-Profit Boosts Sales Prospects By 25 Percent, Gains Better Business Insight
White Papers The Business Development Board (BDB) of Palm Beach County is a private, not-for-profit corporation that serves as the county's official economic development organization. Since 1993, more than 225 company relocations and expansions assisted by the...
[January 10, 2007, 23:00]
Amstrad E-m@iler Makes A Profit
News A steep price cut and new revenue-generating features have combined to bring Amserve, the unit of Amstrad which sells the e-m@iler Web/email device, into profit for the first time, the company said on Thursday.
[February 19, 2004, 12:40]
UK IT Firms Set Off Profit Alarms
News Delays in contract negotiations have caused profit warnings to triple this year for UK software and computer services companies, according to new figures from Ernst & Young. Although the number of companies that issued warnings is relatively low...
[April 10, 2006, 16:45]
RIM Profit Belies Economic Gloom
News BlackBerry maker Research In Motion reported a higher fourth-quarter profit on Wednesday that topped expectations, and delivered a strong outlook that suggested the company is comfortably weathering the slowdown in the US economy.
[April 3, 2008, 9:15]
Lucent Posts Another Profit
News After four years of dismal earnings, Lucent Technologies has posted a profit for the second quarter in a row, boosted by growth in its wireless-equipment business. After 13 straight quarters of losses, it posted its first quarterly profit since...
[January 22, 2004, 14:45]
The Beeb Aims To Make Web Profit
News The BBC will announce eight Web channels next week vowing to set the pace in UK profit-driven consumer Internet sites. That means the corporation will carry advertising for the first time in its history.
[May 30, 1997, 16:13]
I2 Takes Off; Redback Posts First Profit
News For the year, i2 earned $30.1m, or 36 cents a share, on sales of $571m compared to a profit of $12.8m, or 16 cents a share, on sales of $369.2m in fiscal 1998. Redback has taken some bold steps and achieved several major milestones during the...
[January 20, 2000, 12:29]
Verity Shares Rattled After Profit Warning
News According to First Call, Verity was expected to post a profit of 13 cents a share. Shares of infrastructure software company Verity tumbled on Thursday after the company said it will post a first-quarter loss because of the "pressures of a...
[August 9, 2001, 17:32]
Sony Ericsson Issues Stark Profit Warning
News Sony Ericsson has issued a profit warning a month ahead of its first-quarter results, blaming a "challenging" mid-to-high-end handset market in Europe. The first quarter of 2007 saw Sony Ericsson take in €362m (£285m) before tax, so the revised...
[March 19, 2008, 13:39]
The Nonprofit Evolution: Six Simple For-Profit Business Strategies To Improve Efficiency, Customer Service And Revenues
White Papers This convergence of for-profit business strategy with the nonprofit world is helping to increase the economic and cultural clout of nonprofits. This white paper examines six specific best practices borrowed from for-profit businesses by...
[August 2, 2007, 0:00]
Acer Beats Profit Forecast, Eyes Strong Growth
News January to March net profit dropped to T$2.95bn (£49m) from T$5.66bn a year ago, but beat market forecasts for T$2.51bn, according to eight analysts surveyed by Reuters Estimates. The drop in net profit was mostly due to one-off investment gains...
[April 24, 2008, 10:28]
Making The Most Of Sarbanes-Oxley: Why Non-Profit Institutions Should Consider Voluntary Compliance
White Papers Two truths exist about the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: It isn't going away, and its effects will impact both for-profit and non-profit organizations. While Sarbanes-Oxley compliance has resonated most loudly in the boardrooms and CEO offices of...
[August 6, 2007, 0:00]
Macworld: Jobs Delights Mac Fans With Profit
News The words "Think Profit" then appeared on the screen behind him, and Jobs announced that Apple would post a fourth-quarter profit of about $45 million on revenue of $1.58 billion during the first quarter.
[January 7, 1998, 9:22]
