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RSS profits in newsHP reports strong third quarter
News HP beat Wall Street profits estimates this quarter, lead by strong laptop sales growth. Analysts were expecting profits of 83 cents per share. The company's third-quarter results reflect 14 per cent growth over the same quarter a year ago, when HP... [20 Aug 2008]
Lenovo reports strong first quarter
News Lenovo posted profits of $1.25 per share for the quarter, up from 78 cents the previous year. Lenovo Group reported a 10.5 per cent increase in its fiscal first quarter revenues, despite a weakening global economy. [08 Aug 2008]
Cisco looks to the future with investment plans
News On Tuesday, Cisco reported profits for its fourth fiscal quarter 2008 were up 4.4 per cent to $2bn on revenue that climbed 9.9 per cent to $10.36bn. The results were in line with analyst expectations but were a far cry from the company's results... [06 Aug 2008]
Samsung storms second quarter results
News Samsung Electronics reported on Friday its second-quarter profits rocketed 51 per cent, due in large part to a surge in mobile phone sales. The company said the jump in profits came as it sold 45.7 million handsets during the quarter, a 22 per cent... [28 Jul 2008]
Nokia, Qualcomm settle patent dispute
News It reported that profits fell six per cent to $748m, or 45 cents per share, during the three-month period ended 29 June, down from $798m, or 47 cents per share, the same period last year. Nokia, the world's biggest maker of mobile phones, and... [24 Jul 2008]
Yahoo! claims 'strong' Q2
News But excluding various charges, the internet pioneer reported profits of 10 cents per share, less than the 11 cents per share that analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expected. Yahoo! s earnings for its second quarter came in one cent lower than... [23 Jul 2008]
Record Mac sales give Apple stellar quarter
News The company said to expect $7.8bn in revenue and earnings per share of $1, while analysts were looking for $8.3bn in revenue and $1.24 in profits per share.iPhone sales were 717,000 during the quarter, which was in line with expectations.iPhone... [22 Jul 2008]
Nokia grabs bigger slice of market
News Sony Ericsson shocked the market in June when it warned that its profits would be down due to slower demand in Europe. Nokia is gobbling up market share on mobile handsets fuelled by sales in emerging markets. [21 Jul 2008]
Indian outsource giants feeling the pinch
News Wipro experienced a rise in profits of 15 per cent over the same period last year - growing to 8.14bn Indian Rupees ($187.5m) - but putting it below the 16 per cent growth in the first quarter of 2007. [18 Jul 2008]
BlackBerry ready to burst into new pastures
News Since the profits report, its shares are down roughly 25 per cent. BlackBerry maker RIM is charging ahead with international expansion plans and investments in new handsets and software to stay competitive, its co-chief executive said. [16 Jul 2008]
Yahoo! 'Boss' offers up search to build on
News Essentially, Boss is a bid to enable others' search innovation then share profits from the results. has begun a project that lets anyone build a customised search engine atop the internet company's technology. [10 Jul 2008]
Oracle sees strong software profits
News Software licensing drove a healthy increase in revenue for Oracle during its fourth quarter. For the quarter, which ended 31 May, the enterprise software giant reported revenue of $7.24bn, up 24 per cent from the same period a year earlier. [26 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]
Microsoft's future in the post-Bill Gates era
News According to Foley, a group of senior Microsoft people still hope cloud computing is a "fad" and are keen to see the world of "fat clients and fat profits" continue. Bill Gates steps down as Microsoft chairman on 27 June, effectively ending his day... [24 Jun 2008]
Dell's smiling after quarter profits
News 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 12 per cent increase. In the profits announcement, Dell acknowledged "conservatism in... [30 May 2008]
