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Strong Sales Do The Trick For Handspring
News However, several analysts had predicted better sales and a narrower loss given reports of strong holiday sales. In contrast to the rather dire reports of PC stocks, handheld sales appear to have been strong and analysts say that the devices...
[January 18, 2001, 12:14]
Big Blue Delivers On Strong Sales Growth
News Sales growth in the quarter was up 16 percent from a year ago. IBM's second quarter sales slightly above Wall Street projections, which called for sales north of $20 billion. Services sales, including maintenance, jumped 15 percent to $8 billion in...
[July 20, 1999, 9:42]
Oracle Stock Jumps Amid Strong Sales Outlook
News Merrill Lynch analyst Chris Shilakes said in a note to clients that he met with Oracle Chief Financial Officer Jeff Henley and Executive Vice President Gary Bloom on Friday and left the meetings "with a reaffirmed confidence that Oracle is very...
[November 2, 1999, 10:05]
Intel's New Boss Predicts Strong Second-half Sales
News Intel has been playing catch up with a PC industry spoilt for choice of processor: less expensive components, such as AMD's K6, a cheaper clone of Intel's Pentium chip and Cyrix' Media GX range, have taken their toll.
[April 6, 1998, 10:10]
Via Plans 1.2GHz Chip As Strong Sales Boost Confidence
News The figures come as other semiconductor makers are reporting falling sales because of the slowing economies around the world. Via, primarily a manufacturer of chipsets for AMD's popular lines of processors, said sales from January to April amounted...
[May 3, 2001, 13:57]
Apple Says OS X Sales Strong In UK
News The company did not give exact figures, but said sales had "exceeded expectations". OS X (pronounced "OS ten") has been under development in various forms for several years, and arrives at a time when sales of Apple's popular iMac and other...
[March 27, 2001, 7:15]
PlayStation2 Sales Going Strong
News As part of its quarterly financial report, Sony announced that -- despite the fact that the group suffered losses for the quarter -- the PlayStation2 continues to enjoy healthy sales worldwide. Company executives revealed that Sony's games division...
[October 26, 2001, 17:14]
IBM Demonstrates Strong Sales
News Big Blue has been expanding its market leadership in the server category, with its mainframes business still showing sales growth. And IBM recently announced that it would take on after-sales service operations for Royal Philips Electronics in...
[April 16, 2004, 8:30]
Healthy Apple Reaps IPod Profits
News Aided by continued strong sales of its iPod digital music player, Apple Computer on Wednesday posted second-quarter sales and earnings that topped expectations. Merrill Lynch analyst Steven Milunovich was among a number of analysts who suggested in...
[April 15, 2004, 8:40]
UK Leads Record Quarter For Dell
News Strong sales across a range of products -- and increasingly services -- have propelled Dell to its best ever three months, reporting $13.5bn in revenue for its fourth quarter ending 28 January and a higher-than-expected $947m profit.
[February 11, 2005, 10:20]
Amazon Reports Surge In Sales
News Amazon.com has reported a strong surge in second-quarter revenue, buoyed by the success of cost-cutting and strong sales internationally of the latest Harry Potter book. Sales in June were also fuelled by the release of the latest Harry Potter...
[July 23, 2003, 11:43]
Solid Sales Push AMD Past Expectations
News Advanced Micro Devices reported first-quarter earnings that exceeded expectations due to strong sales across all its product lines. Our performance in the first quarter of 2004 was driven by record sales, solid growth and strong execution," Robert...
[April 15, 2004, 9:10]
Does IBM's Success Herald A Software Comeback?
News Do IBM's strong software sales point to brighter days in the enterprise software business? Earlier this month, customer sales and support applications company Siebel said it would beat analysts' expectations for revenue in the fourth quarter of...
[January 24, 2005, 11:25]
AMD Beats Expectations
News AMD topped expectations for fourth-quarter revenue on the back of strong processor sales across desktops, notebooks and servers. For the fourth quarter of 2005, the chipmaker recorded $1.84bn (£1.04bn) in sales.
[January 19, 2006, 10:45]
UK Laptop And Digital Camera Demand Stays Strong
News The high street retailer said on Wednesday that it has seen strong sales of laptops, digital cameras and camcorders this summer -- news that cheered city investors who took it as evidence that people are still keen to buy IT and electronics devices.
[September 11, 2003, 16:45]
Apple Profits Rise On Strong Mac, IPhone Sales
News Apple on Wednesday posted a 36 percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by strong sales of Mac computers, iPod players and iPhones, but its profit margin and cautious outlook disappointed investors. Apples sold 2.29 million Macs in the quarter...
[April 24, 2008, 8:10]
US Report: PC Market Grows By Almost 20 Percent
News And the strong U.S.growth, combined with strong sales in Europe, was enough to offset slumping markets in Asia, according to studies from International Data Corp.and Dataquest. Strong consumer sales also helped the number four player, Hewlett...
[October 26, 1998, 16:20]
Handspring's 4Q Loss Smaller Than Expected
News Handspring posted a smaller-than-expected loss in its first quarter as a publicly traded company, losing $5.8m, or 13 cents a share, on sales of $51.8m. The $51.8m in sales marked a 51 percent improvement from its third quarter.
[July 21, 2000, 15:17]
Notebook Sales Lift Apple Earnings
News Buoyed by strong laptop sales, Apple Computer on Wednesday posted second-quarter earnings and sales that narrowly topped analysts' estimates. Although notebook sales were strong, sales of the iMac dropped substantially from the prior quarter and a...
[April 17, 2003, 8:47]
Western Digital Boosted By Notebook Sales
News The hard disk drive market got another boost on Thursday when supplier Western Digital released a very strong set of sales figures for the last three months of 2006. Western Digital said that sales were boosted by growing market areas such as sales...
[January 26, 2007, 15:39]
