Earning Reports/forecasts
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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
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
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, server farm, Gawker Media, advertising industry, Oklahoma
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
Amazon earnings miss a beat
News Online auction site disappoints Wall Street expectations, blaming a one-time payment to Toys "R" Us for the decline in profits.
Tags: E-commerce, Earning reports/forecasts, Video Game, eBay Inc., Video, Stock, Sales, Stephen Baker, Amazon.com Inc., Earnings
Search growth helps loft Google over profit estimate
News Net income surpasses analyst expectations as the search giant profits from more searches and more clicks on search ads.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Search, Google AdSense, Google Inc., radio ad, Sales, Advertisement, Eric Schmidt, revenue, commission
Amazon's revenue jumps, beats Street forecast
News Despite the weak economy, the e-commerce giant reports an 18 percent increase in fourth-quarter revenues on strong holiday sales.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Sales/revenue, Web sites, E-business, Electronics, Stock, Sales, Jeff Bezos, e-commerce company, Amazon.com Inc.
Yahoo, Microsoft, AOL searches rise while Google's falls
News Google's share of the search market dipped in January, as Yahoo, Microsoft and AOL grabbed a tad more share.
Tags: Search, Earning reports/forecasts, Forecasting, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Semiconductor Industry Association, Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., Forecasting, ComScore Networks Inc.
AOL ad revenue continues to slide
News Time Warner's unit saw its fourth-quarter revenue fall 23 percent year over year, with ad revenue dropping 18 percent.
Tags: Forecasting, Earning reports/forecasts, Advertising, America Online Inc., quarterly revenue, Bebo, operating loss, Advertisement, Forecasting, Earnings
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.
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
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
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
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
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
