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HP 2008 outlook on target

Hewlett-Packards 2008 profit and revenue outlook are roughly in line with Wall Streets guesswork. Here are the numbers CFO Bob Wayman gave at HPs analyst meeting:Fiscal 2008 earnings:Low-end earnings projection: $2.78 per share.Mid-point earnings projection: $2.88.High-end earnings projection: $2.98.Thomson Financial estimate: $2.88.2008 Revenue: Low-end revenue projection: $100.9 billion.Mid-point revenue projection:...

Tags: earnings projection, revenue projection, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Blog posts 2006-12-12

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IBM delivers solid quarter, ups 2009 earnings outlook

IBM delivered a solid third quarter that featured better-than-expected profit and revenue growth. The company also upped its earnings targets for 2009. IBM on Thursday reported third quarter net income of $3.1 billion, or $2.40 a share, on revenue of $23.6 billion, down 7 percent from a...

Tags: Revenue, IBM Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-15

News to know: Salesforce.com; Microsoft; Apple tablet; Google

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Salesforce.com delivers mixed fiscal year outlook: Earnings up, revenue light Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Pop quiz - Which would you choose (Mac vs. PC)? ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-05-22

Apple versus Apple: How Many iPhones Does It Take To Add $5 To A Stock Price?

Apple versus Apple: How Many iPhones Does It Take To Add $5 To A Stock Price?easyhow about my model: $7,50 a share in earnings * longtime average PE multiple of 30 + $40 a share in cash at 2010 = a shareprice of $265 in 2010.Don't mean to burst anyone's...

Tags: Sales strategy, Financial accounting, Tablets, Investment, Operational accounting, stock, Apple Inc., iPhones Does It Take, Add $5, Apple iPhone, stock price

Discussion threads 2009-05-14

IBM: Fuddy duddy as competitive edge

Updated: IBM CEO Sam Palmisano made a rare public appearance at the company's annual investor powwow and delivered a simple message: Big Blue isn't "overcaffeinated," doesn't chase fads and isn't the most exciting tech company on the block, but it does deliver the financial results.  Palmisano right...

Tags: Annuity, Samuel J. Palmisano, IBM Corp., Personal Finance, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-13

RIM delivers solid Q4 on BlackBerry sales; shares soar

updated: Research in Motion reported strong fourth-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street's expectations and sent shares soaring in after hours trading. For the quarter ending Feb. 28, the company reported net income of $518.3 million, or 90 cents per share, on $3.46 billion in revenue. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters...

Tags: Revenue, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Sales, Storm, Operational Accounting, Handhelds, Finance, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-02

Google's first quarter guessing game underway; Is international a buffer?

Google controls 64.4 percent of the worldwide search market and that international effort could offset any turbulence in the U.S., according to Piper Jaffray.  Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster makes that international point in a research note. Google's February search market share was 64.4 percent globally, down...

Tags: Game, U.S., Google Inc., CPC, Search, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-24

Seagate launches enterprise drives as it retools

Seagate on Monday announced a new lineup of enterprise storage drives that aim to cut power consumption. Seagate's latest additions to its Constellation family of enterprise drives come just as units have plunged in its fiscal second quarter. The company is rolling out two new drive models,...

Tags: Enterprise Storage, Seagate Technology LLC, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-02

Netflix: Outage, economy ding subscriber growth

Netflix on Monday detailed its outlook for the third and fourth quarters, projected fewer subscribers than before and said its August outage cost it $6.5 million. The company said in a statement that its third quarter earnings will be "comfortably" within its targets, but said a one-time...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Outage, Manufacturing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Apple puts on back-to-school full court press

Apple has always been a big player in the education market and this year it appears to be grabbing more share by selling Macs with iPod discounts among other moves. Let's connect a few dots: AppleInsider reports that RBC analyst Mike Abramsky is projecting...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Digital Music, Digital Media, Desktops, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-21

Intel's quarter on target: The tech sector exhales

Update: Intel's first quarter results on Tuesday matched Wall Street's earnings estimates and topped revenue targets. Given the worries about Intel those results are good enough to chalk up as a win. By the numbers statement, Intel reported net income of $1.4 billion, or 25 cents a share,...

Tags: Revenue, Intel Corp., Wall Street, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-15

Dell's fourth quarter: Watch retail channel, enterprise and software plans

Dell reports it fiscal fourth quarter earnings on Thursday and analysts aren't expecting too much, but there should be a few key indicators of whether the company's new initiatives--courting enterprise buyers with a simplified IT message, using better designs and retail partnerships to win back consumers and a bevy of...

Tags: Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-28

Cisco CEO John Chambers sees slack demand as 'relatively short term'; How does he know?

Cisco CEO John Chambers put on his economic cap and noted that customers in the U.S. and Europe are putting the brakes on enterprise spending. But Chambers also said that any economic trauma is "relatively short term." How does he know? One of the more annoying aspects...

Tags: John Chambers, Cisco Systems Inc., Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-07

Microsoft earnings shine; Ups fiscal year outlook

Microsoft on Thursday reported fiscal second quarter earnings of $4.7 billion, or 50 cents a share, on revenue of $16.36 billion. More importantly, Microsoft's outlook was in line with expectations for the March quarter. The software giant upped its outlook for fiscal 2008. Wall Street was expecting...

Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Revenue, Income, Microsoft Corp., Earnings, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-01-24

Palm can't execute; The downside of Centro

The squeeze is on for Palm and patience with the company has to be wearing thin. After market close Thursday, Palm issued a profit warning for its fiscal second quarter statement. Palm said it will report revenue between $345 million and $350 million, down from the company's...

Tags: Palm Inc., Construction, Handhelds, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-12-07

Cisco CEO Chambers dashes U.S. IT spending hopes

Any question that the meltdown in the financial services sector will crimp technology spending can now be put to rest. The credit crunch has hit IT spending. Thank Cisco CEO John Chambers for the clarification. On a conference call following Cisco's first quarter earnings report, which was...

Tags: U.S., John Chambers, Cisco Systems Inc., Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-11-08

Apple clears Mac, iPhone shipment hurdles; Earnings shine; Outlook strong

Apple capped a strong fiscal fourth quarter and 2007 amid strong Mac shipments. The company reported Monday fourth quarter earnings of $904 million, or $1.01 a share, on revenue of $6.22 billion. That sum easily topped estimates. Wall Street was expecting earnings of 86 cents a share for the...

Tags: Revenue, Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Outlook, Quarter, Apple Inc., Earnings, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-10-22

Intel third quarter results solid; ups fourth quarter revenue target

Intel reported third quarter net income of $1.9 billion, or 31 cents a share, on revenue of $10.1 billion. Intel also upped its sales projection for the fourth quarter to $10.5 billion to $11.1 billion. The fourth quarter is seasonally strong. Wall Street was expecting earnings of...

Tags: Revenue, Intel Corp., Sales Strategy, Operational Accounting, Research & Development, Sales, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-10-16

Five questions: Oracle's BEA buyout

Oracle launched and unsolicited $17 a share bid for middleware software maker BEA. BEA responded in a letter arguing that the company is undervalued. In the end, the deal will get done once the haggling ends. But in the meantime, there are a few unresolved questions. Question 1: How...

Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., SAP AG, IBM Corp., Dana, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-10-15

On AMD's big day, Intel ups its outlook

On the day AMD will launch its Barcelona chip Intel just happened to raise its outlook for the third quarter. Coincidence? I think not. Intel was clearly stealing some thunder from the launch of the Barcelona chip, which is supposed to be AMD's savior. George Ou has...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-09-10