VMware third-quarter results top estimates
News VMware’s third-quarter financial results were better than expected, based on maintenance renewals and federal IT spending. US revenue fell one percent in the third quarter to $246m; international revenue was up nine percent to $244m;
[October 22, 2009, 10:44]
US Report: iMac sales a third quarter homer for Apple
News According to International Data Corp, the iMac launch has been enormously successful, and helped Apple post the highest growth rate of all computer makers in the third quarter. The bad news is that Apple will at most have a three-quarter run with...
[September 16, 1998, 7:51]
Nokia posts third-quarter loss on weak sales
News Nokia saw weak mobile-phone sales in the third quarter, but said the mobile-device industry will not fall as much as it had feared in 2009. Nokia third-quarter revenue was down 20 percent from a year ago and down one percent from the second quarter.
[October 16, 2009, 9:23]
Intel posts mixed third quarter results
News The traditional third-quarter bump was a little light this year for Intel. Typically, Intel sees a rise of about 6 percent to 12 percent in sales from the second to third quarter. Still, the third-quarter figures bested those from last year.
[October 13, 2004, 9:45]
Tech M&A spending plummets in third quarter
News Tech mergers and acquisitions took a dive in the third quarter, with spending falling by a third compared with the same period last year, as Wall Street investment banks and financial institutions were rocked to the core, according to a report...
[October 3, 2008, 11:09]
Ubi Soft releases third-quarter report
News Ubi Soft Entertainment has released a report of its earnings for the third quarter of the 2000/2001 fiscal year. The report shows a 49-percent increase in sales over the same quarter the year before, and it cites the strong performance of several...
[February 7, 2001, 11:34]
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. The company previously warned of a third-quarter operating loss of 5 cents to 7 cents per share on revenue of $7.4bn to $7.5bn.
[October 24, 2001, 12:11]
Intel raises outlook for third quarter
News Intel on Friday raised its financial outlook for the third quarter, citing better-than-expected PC chip sales. The chipmaker said it would turn in revenue of between $7.3bn (£4.61bn) and $7.8bn for the quarter, above its previous expectation of...
[August 22, 2003, 14:45]
Dell tallies a record third quarter
News Dell Computer on Thursday said that its performance in the third fiscal quarter was one for the company's record books. Quarterly revenue for the PC manufacturer rose 22 percent year over year, leading to a third-quarter profit increase of 31 percent.
[November 15, 2002, 10:49]
Lexmark tops estimates for third quarter
News Lexmark handily beat analysts' estimates for its third-quarter profit as it rode stronger sales of both printers and printing supplies. The printer manufacturer on Monday reported net earnings of $104m (£62m) and a profit of 79 cents per share on...
[October 20, 2003, 15:10]
Oracle delivers solid third quarter
News Oracle's fiscal third-quarter earnings were better than expected, and the company declared its first-ever dividend as a way to spin off its excess cash directly to shareholders. The company said it was hit with currency fluctuations that shaved...
[March 19, 2009, 14:47]
SAP revenue slips in third quarter
News German business-software maker SAP on Wednesday reported a third-quarter fall in revenue of nine percent, a bigger drop than expected. In September, competitor Oracle said its first-quarter results showed the company making gains in the business...
[October 28, 2009, 15:11]
Audiohighway.com loss widens in third quarter
News Audiohighway.com posted drastically improved sales in its third quarter Monday, but still lost $2.8m (£2.0m), or 50 cents a share, on sales of $613,000. More importantly than the year to year comparisons, our third quarter revenues increased 146...
[November 16, 1999, 11:06]
Motorola posts third-quarter profit
News Handset maker Motorola on Thursday had some good news to offer investors, reporting a small profit for the third quarter. Revenue, however, was down year over year, coming in at $5.45bn for the third quarter of 2009, versus $7.48bn in the same...
[October 30, 2009, 7:45]
Venture investments fall for third straight quarter
News Venture capital investments fell for the third consecutive quarter as the year came to a close, marking a trend that hasn't been seen for at least five years, according to a joint-survey released Wednesday by PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree and...
[February 7, 2001, 8:56]
Motorola hits estimates in third quarter
News The $7.7bn in sales represents a 7 percent improvement compared to the year-ago period when it made $40m, or 7 cents a share, on sales of $7.2bn.
[October 13, 1999, 8:08]
Outsourcing deals slump in third quarter
News The number of new contracts signed in Europe fell from 75 to 56 from the second to the third quarter, with total contract value decreasing from $18.5bn (£10.6bn) to $5.5bn, according to business advisory company TPI.
[October 20, 2008, 11:47]
Iomega posts another stinker in third quarter
News Earlier this quarter, Iomega fired off the latest in a long line of profit warnings, telling analysts that it would lose around $5m in the quarter. The $356.6m in sales represents a 9 percent decline from the year-ago quarter when it lost $14.8m...
[October 15, 1999, 8:07]
Dell foots big bills in third quarter
News For fiscal third quarter, which ended 28 October, Dell's net income fell to $606m (£347m), or 25 cents per share, from $846m (£485m), or 33 cents per share, a year earlier, the company said in a statement.
[November 11, 2005, 9:15]
Yahoo Q3 profit beats expectations
News Yahoo's cost-cutting moves this year are starting to show up in the bottom line, as the company's third-quarter profit exceeded analyst expectations by a wide margin. But following several rounds of layoffs and belt-tightening, Yahoo's net income...
[October 21, 2009, 9:48]



