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Google ready to open wallet again after stellar 3Q (AP)

Google ready to open wallet again after stellar 3Q

Technology / Business

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(AP) -- Google Inc.'s earnings and stock price are soaring again - and so is the Internet search leader's optimism.


Dutch computer chip equipment maker ASML  announced net losses for the first quarter after a collapse in sales

'Collapse' in semiconductor demand hits ASML

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.


Google's slowing ad sales trump record 2Q profit (AP)

Google's slowing ad sales trump record 2Q profit

Technology / Business

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Google Inc. made more money than ever in the second quarter, even though its revenue growth slowed like never before.


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Mobile phone sales up six pct in 2008, 4th qtr weak

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mobile phone sales grew by six percent in 2008 over the previous year but fell nearly five percent in the fourth quarter as the global economy weakened, market research firm Gartner said on Tuesday.


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Blackberry Curve tops iPhone in first quarter: NPD

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 04, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Research in Motion's Blackberry Curve moved past Apple's iPhone to become the top-selling smartphone in the United States in the first quarter of the year, research firm NPD Group reported Monday.


National Semiconductor to cut 1,725 jobs

Technology / Business

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Faced with a steep decline in sales, chip maker National Semiconductor Corp. said Wednesday it will eliminate more than one-quarter of its work force, or 1,725 jobs.


Adobe 1Q profit, sales drop, squeezed by downturn (AP)

Adobe 1Q profit, sales drop, squeezed by downturn

Technology / Business

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Adobe Systems Inc., the company behind the popular Photoshop software, posted a decline in fiscal first-quarter profit and sales Tuesday, squeezed by the economic downturn.


Yahoo's feeble 1Q triggers nearly 700 more layoffs (AP)

Yahoo's feeble 1Q triggers nearly 700 more layoffs

Technology / Business

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

(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.


Google's search for savings boosts 1Q profit 9 pct (AP)

Google's search for savings boosts 1Q profit 9 pct (Update 2)

Technology / Business

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- The recession is prodding Google Inc. to grow up faster than a lot of people anticipated.


Verizon 1st-qtr profit, revenue beat expectations (AP)

Verizon 1st-qtr profit, revenue beat expectations

Technology / Business

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Verizon Communications Inc. said Monday its earnings grew 5 percent in the first quarter, boosted by its acquisition of Alltel Corp. and strong demand for its wireless, Internet and TV services.


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Nokia profit plunges 90 percent in Q1

Technology / Business

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Nokia Corp. on Thursday said profits plummeted 90 percent in the first quarter because of fading demand for mobile phones amid the worldwide downturn - but its shares surged as analysts had expected ...


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Palm expected to see loss grow, sales decline

Technology / Business

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

Palm Inc. is expected to report a deeper net loss on a decline in revenue for its first fiscal quarter, but most investors are likely to pay closer attention to sales of the its new Pre smartphone as a potential ...


Irrational exuberance behind recent stock gains, says finance expert

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A second straight week of stronger-than-expected third quarter earnings from a broad cross section of U.S. industries has held the nation's Dow Jones Industrial Average above the psychological benchmark of 10,000 points for ...


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Semiconductor revenue forecast to fall 17 pct

Technology / Semiconductors

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Worldwide semiconductor revenue is expected to decline 17.1 percent this year compared with last year, market research firm Gartner said Wednesday.


Economy keeps hurting eBay as 2Q profit falls (AP)

Economy keeps hurting eBay as 2Q profit falls

Technology / Business

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

(AP) -- The recession continued to hurt eBay Inc. in the second quarter, as earnings and revenue fell amid a sales decline in the main online marketplace, overshadowing growth in the PayPal online payments ...