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- Netflix ups outlook; Customer acquisition costs fall
- Netflix said Friday it ended the second quarter with more than 8.4 million subscribers, up 25 percent from a year ago, and spent less money acquiring those customers. Those two factors added up to better than expected quarterly results and an improved outlook. The company has been...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Acquisition, Earnings, Financial Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance, Investment, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- No e-commerce worries here? Amazon doubles earnings
- Updated: Amazon's second quarter earnings doubled from a year ago as sales jumped 41 percent and executives said that the e-tailer may be benefiting from a slowing economy courtesy of its free shipping deals. On Wednesday, the company reported net income of $158 million, or 37 cents a share,...
- Tags: Jeff Bezos, Quarter, Amazon.com Inc., Earnings, E-business, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Operational Accounting, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Apple earnings call fuels rumor mill
- ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks to senior editor Sam Diaz about Apple's Q2 report. Topics include new products for the school year, possible price drops, and whether the status of Steve Jobs' health should be disclosed to investors.
- Tags: Apple Inc., Earnings, Financial Accounting, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Apple
- Videos 2008-07-22
- Apple Q3 2008 earnings: revenue up 38%; Mac shipments up 41% (updated)
- Apple announced their fiscal third quarter 2008 financial results today in a conference call with analysts. A press release and a re-broadcast of the audio webcast is available on Apple's investor relations Web site and you can subscribe to the Apple Quarterly Earnings Call podcast in iTunes. ...
- Tags: Revenue, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Earnings, Sales Strategy, Desktops, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Digital Music, Digital Media, Sales, Hardware, Finance, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Google earnings fall short; Says it can thrive in weak economy
- Google earnings fall short; Says it can thrive in weak economyGoogle earnings fall short; Says it can thrive in weak economyAnd the ship starts to sink...I hope no one was expecting them to have a good quarter considering their lack of innovation, discontinuing services, and their prized possession of search...
- Tags: Financial accounting, earnings miss, GOOG, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-17
- Google earnings fall short; Says it can thrive in weak economy
- Updated: Google's second quarter earnings missed Wall Street estimates and executives moved to allay concerns about the company's ability to weather a dicey ad environment. The search giant on Thursday reported net income of $1.25 billion, or $3.92 a share, on revenue of $5.37 billion excluding...
- Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Earnings, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- Microsoft: $60 billion in annual revenue, but sour 4Q and a money-losing online business
- Microsoft capped its fiscal year with $60.4 billion in revenue and net income of $17.7 billion, but the fourth quarter left a sour taste for some. And Microsoft's online business lost more money in the fourth quarter than it did a year ago. The company reported fourth...
- Tags: Revenue, Microsoft Corp., Earnings, Wall, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Construction, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- Intel rolls out Centrino 2 processor; Earnings on tap
- Intel on Tuesday launched its Centrino 2 processor with integrated graphics for notebooks. This chip platform, formerly known as Montevina, was delayed by a few weeks due to technical and certification problems. The news (Techmeme, statement) comes as Intel preps its second quarter earnings, which will be...
- Tags: Intel Centrino, Earnings, Intel Corp., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Yuwie Pay Day Download Software (exe)
- Yuwie Pay Day is a system designed to help you maximize your earnings with yuwie. Inside this software you can customize it to display your own private profile page and manage your admin area. Use the power of viral marketing to help your yuwie earnings soar into the top 10....
- Tags: Software, Earnings, Free Laser Hair Removal Software Download, Yuwie Pay Day, Tools & Techniques, Financial Accounting, Management, Finance
- Software downloads 2008-06-04
- HP's second quarter solid; Focus remains on EDS
- Hewlett-Packard delivered strong second quarter results Tuesday with revenue up 11 percent from a year ago, but analysts are likely to remain fixated on the EDS acquisition. The company said second quarter net income was $2.1 billion, or 80 cents a share, on revenue of $28.3 billion,...
- Tags: Revenue, Hewlett-Packard Co., Operating Profit, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Earnings, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- HP seals EDS deal; Services No. 2 behind IBM; Can Hurd run EDS better?
- Updated: Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd said Tuesday he plans to use a familiar playbook to integrate Electronic Data Systems: Leverage scale, squeeze costs -- and underpromise and overdeliver. "We're running the playbook we know how to run very well," said Hurd, on a conference call with analysts....
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Earnings, IBM Corp., Non-GAAP Earning, GAAP, Financial Accounting, Construction, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Microsoft earnings post-mortem: The cash cows quiver
- The headlines on Microsoft's fiscal 2008 third quarter earnings were all over the map this week -- with claims that Microsoft beat expectations, to Microsoft fell far short of the mark. The one consensus, however, was that Windows client and Office, Microsoft's two biggest cash cows, weren't the robust bottom-line...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Earnings, Ppt, Microsoft Windows, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Software, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Office Suites, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- Microsoft: Yahoo 'unrealistic'; Deadline stands; Quarter mixed
- Update: Microsoft CFO Christopher Liddell said Thursday that Yahoo had "unrealistic expectations" about the price it could fetch and reiterated the software giant could walk away from the deal. Liddell's comments came on Microsoft's third quarter earnings conference call (for live coverage see News.com and Silicon Alley...
- Tags: Revenue, Yahoo! Inc., Income, Microsoft Corp., Earnings, Wall Street, Operational Accounting, Sales Strategy, Financial Accounting, Finance, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- Microsoft earnings cheat sheet: Vista SP1 impact; Strong results expected; Is Yahoo a distraction?
- Did Microsoft keep its focus amid all the Yahoo hubbub? It may not matter given the bump from the weak dollar that Microsoft is expected to get in the third quarter. According to Thomson Financial, Microsoft all resources is expected to report fiscal third quarter earnings of...
- Tags: Revenue, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Earnings, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Xbox Shipment, Operational Accounting, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Finance, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- Amazon earnings solid; Ups sales range
- Amazon earnings solid; Ups sales rangeA Lot Of WorkGee, it takes them $4 billion dollars to make $100 million. Doesn't seem very effective to me.RE: Amazon earnings solid; Ups sales rangeI am happy for them and may they continue to prosper on account of I got two USB...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Financial accounting, Sales force management, Ups sales range, Ups sale, Amazon.com Inc., United Parcel Service of America Inc., earnings, sales
- Discussion threads 2008-04-23
- Amazon earnings solid; Ups sales range
- Amazon on Wednesday reported first quarter earnings of $143 million, or 34 cents a share, on revenue of $4.13 billion, up 37 percent from the year ago quarter. The company also increased its sales range for the second quarter and 2008. According to Thomson Financial, Amazon statement...
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Earnings, Amazon Web Services, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- Apple earnings cheat sheet: It's all about the Mac units
- Apple reports its fiscal second quarter results Wednesday and the most important item driving the quarter will be Mac sales. All eyes will be on Mac units. Apple's Mac--despite a lot of focus on the iPhone--will make or break the quarter. Chances are pretty good that the...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Unit, Quarter, Apple Inc., Earnings, Chances, Wall Street, Sales Strategy, Desktops, Sales Force Management, Sales, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- EIC podcast: Gaga for Google; Tech earnings; Psystar; Microsoft's Albany
- In this week's EIC squared podcast Dan and I talk Google, its quarter and how it threw Comscore under the bus a bit and delivered an impressive one-day stock gain. Meanwhile, Google's stellar financials may have Microsoft yearning for Yahoo even more. It was a busy week...
- Tags: Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Albany, Microsoft Corp., Earnings, Podcasts, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
- Google's paid click growth rates: Reasons for the decline; Earnings on deck
- Google's first quarter results on Thursday will be closely watched for the impact of the search giant's anemic paid click growth rates, but Merrill Lynch analyst Justin Post already has a few explanations. In a research note, Post outlined the takeaways from five search engine marketers, who...
- Tags: Google Inc., Earnings, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- eBay's first quarter, outlook solid
- EBay's reported solid first quarter results and upped its earnings outlook for 2008. The auction giant reported first quarter net income of $460 million, or 34 cents a share, on revenue of $2.19 billion, up 24 percent from a year ago. Excluding charges, eBay had earnings of...
- Tags: Revenue, Earnings, eBay Inc., Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-16
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