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(AP) -- Fresh off a successful bid for a major acquisition, EMC Corp. said Thursday that its second-quarter profit plunged 43 percent as companies remained hesitant to spend money on technology. http://www.physorg.com/news167568729.html Technology Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:52:54 EST news167568729 South Korea's LG Electronics Wednesday reported a record quarterly net profit, boosted by brisk sales of flat panel televisions and mobile phones. http://www.physorg.com/news167460116.html Technology Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:42:40 EST news167460116 US computer networking giant Cisco Systems has laid off between 600 and 700 employees at its headquarters in San Jose, California, in a bid to reduce costs amid slow sales, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news167034738.html Technology Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:33:28 EST news167034738 (AP) -- Google Inc. made more money than ever in the second quarter, even though its revenue growth slowed like never before. http://www.physorg.com/news166982156.html Technology Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:10:01 EST news166982156 (AP) -- The world's top cell phone maker, Nokia Corp., on Thursday said second-quarter earnings fell 66 percent as the global recession sapped demand. The company scrapped its target to gain market share this year and its stock sagged. http://www.physorg.com/news166966488.html Technology Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:36:17 EST news166966488 Dutch computer chip equipment maker ASML announced net losses for the first quarter after a collapse in sales, but said it saw signs of improving market conditions. http://www.physorg.com/news166855411.html Technology Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:10:01 EST news166855411 India's second-biggest software exporter Infosys announced Friday a better-than-expected 17.2 percent rise in first-quarter net profit, but said global conditions remained challenging. http://www.physorg.com/news166434640.html Technology Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:10:04 EST news166434640 HTC Corp, Taiwan's leading smartphone maker, said Monday its net profit in the second quarter was down almost two percent from a year earlier. http://www.physorg.com/news166082134.html Technology Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:56:40 EST news166082134 (AP) -- Samsung Electronics Co., the world's biggest manufacturer of memory chips, announced quarterly earnings estimates for the first time Monday, saying it hopes to reduce market confusion and speculation about its performance. http://www.physorg.com/news166082036.html Technology Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:54:20 EST news166082036 (AP) -- BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. on Thursday reported a better-than-expected 33 percent jump in first-quarter profit as the company continues to boost market share among non-corporate customers. http://www.physorg.com/news164601812.html Technology Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:43:58 EST news164601812 (AP) -- Dell Inc. said Thursday its fiscal first-quarter profit fell 63 percent as the recession continued to crimp computer sales around the world. http://www.physorg.com/news162748482.html Technology Thu, 28 May 2009 16:55:04 EST news162748482 Japanese electronics giant Toshiba plans to reduce fixed costs 10 percent more than previously announced, a news report said on Sunday. http://www.physorg.com/news162397152.html Technology Sun, 24 May 2009 15:19:30 EST news162397152 China's Lenovo, the world's fourth largest maker of personal computers, Thursday reported a net loss of 226.4 million US dollars in the 2008-09 fiscal year citing structural changes and weak sales. http://www.physorg.com/news162110703.html Technology Thu, 21 May 2009 07:45:16 EST news162110703 (AP) -- Japan's top chipmaker Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday it will end production of mobile phones in Japan due to plummeting demand amid an economic slump. http://www.physorg.com/news162041429.html Technology Wed, 20 May 2009 12:30:58 EST news162041429 (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co.'s quarterly profit dropped 17 percent on lighter sales of personal computers and printer ink, two of its biggest sellers and a sign that the woes in consumer technology spending dragged on beyond the miserable holiday season. http://www.physorg.com/news161970633.html Technology Tue, 19 May 2009 16:50:56 EST news161970633 (AP) -- IBM Corp. is again backing its forecast for profit of $9.20 per share this year. http://www.physorg.com/news161504518.html Technology Thu, 14 May 2009 07:22:21 EST news161504518 Japanese electronics giant NEC Corp. announced Tuesday a net loss of 296.6 billion yen (3.05 billion dollars) for the year to March due to the global economic downturn. http://www.physorg.com/news161346364.html Technology Tue, 12 May 2009 11:46:28 EST news161346364 Financial information provider Thomson Reuters said Thursday that profits climbed in the first quarter of the year despite challenging market conditions. http://www.physorg.com/news160924752.html Technology Thu, 07 May 2009 14:19:36 EST news160924752 (AP) -- Nintendo Co. reported an 8.5 percent rise in annual profit as the video game maker shrugged off the global slowdown that has battered other Japanese manufacturers. http://www.physorg.com/news160893783.html Technology Thu, 07 May 2009 05:43:41 EST news160893783 US media and entertainment giant Time Warner Inc. reported a 14-percent drop in quarterly net profit on Wednesday and said it expects to spin off troubled Internet unit AOL. http://www.physorg.com/news160232153.html Technology Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:56:27 EST news160232153 Nokia, the world's leading mobile phone maker, said Tuesday it planned to cut some 450 jobs globally as it reorganises its services unit. http://www.physorg.com/news160147689.html Technology Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:28:51 EST news160147689 Researchers from City University London have found that at least 75 percent of revenue can be lost and web traffic can actually fall when a newspaper moves from print and web to web-only. http://www.physorg.com/news160072337.html Other Sciences Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:32:38 EST news160072337 Japanese electronics giant Sharp Corp. announced an annual net loss of 1.3 billion dollars, its first ever, due to a slump in sales, but it forecast a return to profit this year. http://www.physorg.com/news160028099.html Technology Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:18:26 EST news160028099 South Korea's Samsung Electronics, the world's top computer memory chipmaker, has announced its first-quarter net profit fell 72 percent year-on-year as poor demand depressed prices. http://www.physorg.com/news159778167.html Technology Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:49:50 EST news159778167 (AP) -- Netflix Inc. says its first-quarter profit soared as 920,000 new subscribers signed up for its DVD-by-mail rental service. http://www.physorg.com/news159723532.html Technology Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:39:08 EST news159723532 (AP) -- Strong sales of the iPhone helped Apple Inc. lift its quarterly profit 15 percent, well ahead of Wall Street's expectations Wednesday despite the global economic downturn. http://www.physorg.com/news159642501.html Technology Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:08:52 EST news159642501 (AP) -- Yahoo Inc.'s first-quarter results tread familiar ground as the Internet company's financial erosion triggered another round of layoffs and management promised better days ahead. http://www.physorg.com/news159552813.html Technology Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:13:46 EST news159552813 (AP) -- If IBM Corp. had managed to buy longtime rival Sun Microsystems Inc., it might have been as incongruous as waking up to a big blue sun. http://www.physorg.com/news159468953.html Technology Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:56:15 EST news159468953 (AP) -- Texas Instruments Inc. said Monday that first-quarter profit and revenue tumbled as competition heightened and demand for its chips shrank amid the recession, but the results still beat the company's own expectations as well as Wall Street's. http://www.physorg.com/news159468921.html Technology Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:55:39 EST news159468921 (AP) -- IBM Corp.'s first-quarter results slipped as all its major business units suffered declines, but the company backed its bullish outlook for 2009 on Monday, reflecting its belief that a broad mix of services and software will help it weather the recession. 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