Earning Reports/forecasts
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If you're IBM (and maybe HP), ain't life grand?
Insight commentary A counter-intuitive start to tech earnings season and this much is clear: the companies with high-margin businesses will pass through the storm a lot easier.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Sales/revenue, Budgeting/cost control, Leadership, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Samuel J. Palmisano, Computer, Lou Gerstner, Hardware
Sun’s missing mojo: MIA until when?
Insight commentary Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz keeps painting a sunny picture. Then come more losses, layoffs, and letdowns.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Earning reports/forecasts, Investments, Sales/revenue, Hewlett-Packard Co., Financial Company, Jonathan Schwartz, Sales, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server
UBS lowers Internet ad spending estimates
News Latest analyst ad-spending cut suggests that Internet advertising could grow only 10 percent in 2009, but that is one of the more optimistic outlooks right now.
Tags: Internet advertising, Marketing, Web sites, Earning reports/forecasts, UBS AG, Internet Advertising, Gawker Media, advertising industry, Oklahoma, server farm
Google hurdles over profit estimate
News Search ad giant reports net income is well above analyst estimates for the third quarter; revenue almost matches expectations.
Tags: Search, Advertising, Earning reports/forecasts, Sales/revenue, Advertiser, Google Inc., Stock, Advertisement, Eric Schmidt, revenue
Analyst: Google's favorable foreign exchange rate to hit bump
News After 10 consecutive quarters of healthy foreign exchange rates, the search giant could encounter a reversal of fortune in the third quarter, according to an analyst report.
Tags: Analyst reports, Earning reports/forecasts, Internet advertising, Search, Google Inc., Exchange Rate, foreign-exchange, Japan, Wall Street, CPC
Online advertising up 11 percent from last year
News The news is tempered by relatively flat results from the second quarter of 2008.
Tags: Internet advertising, Sales/revenue, Earning reports/forecasts, Interactive Advertising Bureau, Internet Advertising, Online Advertising, Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., Advertisement, ComScore Networks Inc.
eBay sees 22 percent jump in profits
News The Web auctioneer has reported a boost in profits resulting from an increase in item listings and sales growth at the company's PayPal division.
Tags: E-commerce, Earning reports/forecasts, PayPal, eBay Inc., Stock, Sales, News.com, revenue, blog, earnings report
Google: Weathering the economy?
News news analysis The search giant's second-quarter results disappointed investors, but CEO Schmidt believes on-target sales indicate it is shrugging off the broader malaise.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Google Inc., Internet Search Advertising, foreign-exchange, search engine company, marketing, Hitwise, revenue, hiring, U.S.
Yahoo earnings decline, miss estimates
News Company's net income drops 19 percent and along with revenue misses analyst expectations for the second quarter.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Search, Internet advertising, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, GAAP, Advertisement, Earnings, activist investor
Google shares take a beating despite market rally
News Search giant's stock falls nearly 5.5 percent, despite a rise in the broader markets. Is Google's boat caught in a perpetual swell?
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Search, Internet advertising, Google Inc., Stock, Advertisement, software, Google Android, Financial Times, Apple iPhone
Analyst cuts growth projections for Web companies
News A Wall Street analyst says investors should brace themselves for companies lowering their forecasts for future quarters.
Tags: Analyst reports, Earning reports/forecasts, E-commerce, Advertising, Marketing, E-business, Google Inc., Internet Advertising, Verse, Advertisement
Yahoo price target cut to US$21 a share
News A Sanford Bernstein analyst also cites several reasons related to the proposed Google-Yahoo deal why a transaction between Yahoo and Time Warner's ailing AOL is unlikely.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Search, Internet advertising, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, America Online Inc., Stock, antitrust, Advertising.com
Web ad sales lose some momentum in first quarter
News From January to March, Internet ad spending hit US$5.8 billion, down from an all-time recorded high of US$5.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2007, new research shows.
Tags: Internet advertising, Sales/revenue, Earning reports/forecasts, Interactive Advertising Bureau, Internet Advertising, Online Advertising, Sales, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Advertisement, News.com
Yahoo shares fight to regain ground
News Yahoo shares take a hammering after Microsoft pull out from its bid for takeover.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston, Yahoo! Inc., Advertisement, software, BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., shareholder
Yahoo CEO 'pleased' about quarter
News Yahoo delivers second quarter earnings that were better than expected; CEO Carol Bartz sheds some light on its future plans says Microsoft's Bing is a "good product".
Tags: Search, Financial statements, Earning reports/forecasts, Yahoo! Inc., non-GAAP, Advertisement, AT&T Corp., CEO, job, marketing
