News tagged with profit margin
Amazon planning first real-world shop: report
Online retail titan Amazon will open its first real-world shop in just a few months, according to a blog devoted to news about electronic readers such as the popular Kindle.
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Facebook's financial details raise red flags for some
Facebook Inc. has opened its books to eager investors, but some don't like what they see.
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Taiwan's HTC expects 30 percent sales plunge in 1Q
Taiwan's leading smartphone maker HTC forecast Monday that its revenue in the three months to March may plunge 30 percent from a year ago, as competitors Apple and Samsung take their grip on the market.
Feb 06, 2012 |
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LivingSocial goes national with Black Friday deals
(AP) -- Here's one way to avoid getting trampled by bargain-hunting hordes knocking down store doors on Black Friday: Online deals service LivingSocial is unveiling a slew of bargains for the holidays that are just a couple ...
Nov 21, 2011 |
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TSMC reports shrinking profit, revenue in 3Q
(AP) -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chip maker, said Thursday its earnings dropped by more than a third in the latest quarter amid uncertainties about the global economy.
Oct 27, 2011 |
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With likely 'Kindle' tablet, Amazon takes on Apple
(AP) -- So far, no company has been able to even come close to rival the success of Apple's iPad, but with the expected unveiling of its version of a tablet computer Wednesday, analysts say Amazon has a real chance.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 27, 2011 |
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Hospitals face drug price-gouging
(AP) -- A severe drug shortage is endangering patients and forcing hospitals to buy life-saving medications from secondary suppliers at huge markups because they can't get them any other way.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 23, 2011 |
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In nod to IBM, HP overhaul minimizes consumers
(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. is surrendering in smartphones and tablet computers and has put its personal computer division up for sale, as new CEO Leo Apotheker tries to transform the Silicon Valley stalwart ...
Aug 19, 2011 |
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China Mobile 1H profit rises to $9.6 billion
(AP) -- China Mobile Ltd., the world's biggest phone company by subscribers, said Thursday its first-half profit rose 6.3 percent as sales were boosted by greater usage of mobile Internet devices.
Aug 18, 2011 |
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Cisco's 4Q results, outlook top analyst views
(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. provided a small measure of comfort to the battered stock market late Wednesday with quarterly results that underscored the technology bellwether's resolve to improve its financial performance.
Aug 11, 2011 |
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Future of spaceflight? NASA is outsourcing the job
(AP) -- How America gets people and stuff into orbit is about to be outsourced in an out-of-this-world way.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2011 |
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Nokia to launch Microsoft platform phones in 2011
Finnish handset maker Nokia Corp. plans to introduce its first mobile phones using the Microsoft Windows operating system this year, the company's chief executive said Tuesday.
Jun 21, 2011 |
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Economic factors associated with increase in closures of emergency departments
Over the last 20 years, the number of hospital emergency departments in nonrural areas in the U.S. has declined by nearly 30 percent, with for-profit ownership, location in a competitive market, low profit margin and safety-net ...
May 17, 2011 |
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Acer pledges efforts to rebound amid slowing sales
(AP) -- Taiwan's Acer Inc. has pledged to meet new challenges in the slowing PC market after it replaced its top executive as sales fall amid competition from tablets and other devices.
Apr 01, 2011 |
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Researchers conclude nonprofit hospices disproportionately care for costly patients
For-profit hospice agencies had a higher percentage of patients with diagnoses associated with less skilled care and longer lengths of stay (LOS) in hospice, than their nonprofit counterparts, a difference that may leave ...
Feb 01, 2011 |
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