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Electronic Arts posts 2Q loss, plans layoffs (AP)

EA posts 2Q loss, cutting 17 pct. of work force

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Electronic Arts plans to cut its work force by 17 percent as it tries to align its business with a transforming video game industry.


Cisco earnings fall 46 pct but upturn expected (AP)

Cisco earnings fall 46 pct but beat expectations

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created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. said earnings fell 46 percent in its latest quarter, but the profit beat Wall Street expectations, and the company said the quarter may have been the bottom of the recession-related ...


IBM backs full-year profit forecast

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created May 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- IBM Corp. is again backing its forecast for profit of $9.20 per share this year.


IBM stumbles on 1Q sales dip; profit beats Street

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created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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 ...





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Yahoo CEO pledges to boost profit margins (AP)

Yahoo CEO pledges to boost profit margins

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created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Carol Bartz promised Tuesday to turn around the struggling Internet company after this year's "terrible" performance.


SKorea's Hynix finally swings to profit

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created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor, the world's second largest memory chip maker, Friday announced a profit for the third quarter after seven straight quarters of losses.


Consumer benefits differ for changing product sizes in a specialty coffee market

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created Oct 02, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When consumers hold private information about their tastes, companies can use nonlinear pricing as a screening mechanism to induce different types of customers to buy different products. Screening incentives may lead a firm ...


AMD 2Q sales slump 13 pct, shares dive (AP)

AMD stock sinks on profit-margin worries

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created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Advanced Micro Devices Inc. narrowed its loss in the second quarter, though not by as much as Wall Street hoped. Its sales slumped 13 percent.


India's Infosys Q1 profit up 17.2 pct, beats forecasts

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created Jul 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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.


Taiwan's AU Optronics returns to profit in third quarter

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created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Taiwan's Au Optronics Corp on Thursday posted a net profit of 7.4 billion Taiwan dollars (228.5 million US) on increased demand and higher product prices following two consecutive quarterly losses.


The big gulp: consumers avoid extremes in soda sizes

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created Aug 22, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

As portion sizes have increased, Americans' waistlines have expanded. And as a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research demonstrates, consumers are tricked into drinking more soft drinks when retailers eliminate small ...


Amazon might grow market for used games

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created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Investors in GameStop Corp. may have panicked earlier this month on the news that Amazon.com was entering into the used video game space, but a new study suggests that the slumping economy may help make room for plenty of ...


Intel says PC sales improving; profit beats Street

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created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Intel Corp.'s first-quarter profit blew past Wall Street's grim forecasts as the chip maker's CEO proclaimed Tuesday that personal computer sales "bottomed out" and have started recovering.


HP offers 2010 outlook in line with estimates

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created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. said Thursday that its revenue and profit in its next fiscal year should be in line with what analysts were expecting.



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