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RSS profit in newsYahoo! profits dip - yet claims 'strong' Q2
News Investors punished Google last week for its financial results because its profit, though not its revenue, was lower than analysts expected. Yahoo! s earnings for its second quarter came in one cent lower than expectations, with net income declining... [23 Jul 2008]
Record Mac sales give Apple stellar quarter
News For the company's third fiscal quarter, which ended June 28, Apple reported $7.46bn in revenue and net profit of $1.07bn, equal to $1.19 per share. Apple has reported record Mac sales and one of its best third quarters ever. [22 Jul 2008]
Domino's online sales pass 20 per cent
News Operating profit before tax and exceptional items came to £10.9m. Fast food takeaway chain Domino's Pizza UK has broken the 20 per cent mark in online sales for the half year ended 29 June - meaning one in five of its pizzas are now ordered over... [21 Jul 2008]
Indian outsource giants feeling the pinch
News TCS' profit was up just two per cent to $296m - lower than the 55 per cent rise for the same period in 2007. India's outsourcing giants are suffering sluggish growth in contrast to record-breaking spending on global services in 2008. [18 Jul 2008]
BlackBerry ready to burst into new pastures
News Those fears were highlighted last month, when RIM posted a profit outlook that fell short of analyst expectations, even as it reported quarterly earnings that more than doubled. BlackBerry maker RIM is charging ahead with international expansion... [16 Jul 2008]
Icann waves in relaxed website naming rules
News At its meeting in Paris, Icann, a not-for-profit organisation that oversees the naming scheme for websites, voted to accept a proposal that will allow companies to purchase new top-level domain names ending in whatever they like. [27 Jun 2008]
RIM quarter profits up
News RIM posted a profit outlook yesterday that fell short of analyst expectations, sending its shares eight per cent lower - even as the maker of the BlackBerry smart phone posted quarterly profits that more than doubled. [26 Jun 2008]
Nokia buys Symbian and looks to open mobile future
News OS maker Symbian has today announced it is to transform into a not-for-profit foundation - The Symbian Foundation - uniting the Symbian OS, S60, UIQ and MOAP(S) OSes and creating one open mobile software platform aimed at driving innovation in... [24 Jun 2008]
UK contact centres up there with world's priciest
News Profit margins are being eroded by this inability to hold onto high calibre staff, with costs also passed onto clients, making it hard for the country to remain competitive. The UK is one of the most expensive places in the world to run an onshore... [20 Jun 2008]
Oracle takes on SAP with retail apps
News For instance, he claimed the suite's stock management and price optimisation applications could reduce inventory by 10 per cent and increase profit margins by two per cent respectively for stores in the grocery sector. [18 Jun 2008]
Prisoners to gain IT skills
News It was developed by not-for-profit organisation Working Ventures UK through its 'Exit to Work' programme and London skills organisation the London Employer Accord, working in partnership with the three companies. [11 Jun 2008]
Indian tech companies on the move to tier two cities?
News Bhattacharya was speaking last week at a discussion organised by The Indus Entrepreneurs, a global not-for-profit organisation promoting entrepreneurship. In five years, 1.7 million jobs in the IT sector in India will move out of tier one cities... [02 Jun 2008]
UK plc 'needs more skilled migrants'
News That's the warning from not-for-profit research organisation, The Work Foundation, which has called on politicians and policymakers to do more to address looming pressures in the labour market as demand for knowledge workers in sectors such as IT... [02 Jun 2008]
Dell's smiling after quarter profits
News Dell investors are likely to be pleasantly surprised by profit reports this quarter. The PC maker reported its first-quarter profits yesterday, with revenue of $16bn, a 9 per cent improvement from a year ago, and earnings of 38 cents per share, a... [30 May 2008]
M&S grows online business
News Total sales for the period in the UK reached £9.022bn, with profit before tax at £1.129bn. Food to fashion retailer Marks & Spencer has increased its online sales by 63 per cent in the 52 weeks ended 29 March. [20 May 2008]
