Operating Margin
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Veritas CFO leaves on MBA lie
News Its former CFO falsely claimed to have received an MBA from Stanford University.
Lenovo holds lead, but challenges lie ahead
News China's No. 1 PC maker posts strong profit for latest quarter but struggles to grow outside its home turf. What's next for the Chinese PC brand?
Tags: Hardware, Personal Computers, Desktops, Notebooks and tablets
Creative maintains Q1 sales growth forecast of 10%
News Creative Technology Ltd, the world's No. 1 sound card maker, said it will maintain its fiscal first-quarter sales forecast of a 10 percent rise from a year ago even as major computer makers warned of weaker sales.
Soaring finance costs hurt Huawei earnings
News The Chinese telecom gear maker saw net profit jump 20 percent year-to-year, but finance costs soared to US$971 million, up from US$199 million a year earlier.
Tags: Budgeting/cost control, Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile Broadband, Mobile, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., DSL modem, Sales, financing, Earnings, operating margin
After unprofitable quarter, Sun to cut jobs
News Sun will cut 1,500 to 2,500 jobs after swinging to unprofitability. Also, Sun bids adieu to an earlier operating margin target, blaming a hard economy.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, HR policies and procedures, Google Inc., Database, Open Source, Sun Microsystems Inc., software, operating margin, financial, job
Alcatel-Lucent to lose both CEO and chairman
News With the company announcing its sixth consecutive quarter of losses, CEO Pat Russo and chairman Serge Tchuruk will step down later this year
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Layoffs, Mobile platforms/communications, Alcatel, CEO, operating margin, job, revenue, Lucent Technologies Inc., U.S.
Microsoft examines threats posed by Google, Apple
News Formalizing some of the issues Microsoft touched on during its analyst meeting earlier this month, the report also reveals how much it spent to acquire Sidekick maker Danger.
Tags: Web services, Acquisitions, Earning reports/forecasts, Open source, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Security, Google Inc., Business Model, Open-source Software
China's business model innovators
News Zhenzen's Cogo Group is a new kind of middleman, acting as an R&D source for both its customers and suppliers.
Tags: Business models, Sales, R&D, SMB, Electronics, Business Model, Middleman, phone, Customer, operating margin
Dell planning to ditch factories
News CFO Brian Gladden has said the company has "more work to be done" to improve profitability. Now The Wall Street Journal reports that Dell is planning to lower costs by selling off its factories.
Tags: Servers, Storage, Hewlett-Packard Co., Factory, Contract Manufacturer, tax incentive, operating margin, financial, knowledge, North Carolina
Nokia faces challenge retaining smartphone lead
News Could the smartphone market spell the end of Nokia's cell phone dominance? Competition, especially from the likes of Apple and RIM, is tough and expected to get tougher.
Tags: Development/design, Symbian, Smart phones, Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., Phone, cell phone, U.S., mobile, handset
Can Windows 7 'reset' Microsoft shares higher?
News Applause for Windows 7, cost-cutting, and an earnings surprise have stirred hope that Microsoft's stock will revive. Will businesses buy the upgrade?
Tags: Windows 7, Business applications, Computer, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Business applications, Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Stock
Network Associates to change name
News The security specialist is changing its name and selling one of its product lines in a move to boost profitability.
Tags: Antivirus software
Indian outsourcers warn of rising salary costs
News Despite the warning, the companies post strong financial results this quarter.
Tags: Cost control, IT outsourcing, Budgeting/cost control, Outsourcing
McAfee selling research arm to Sparta
News Security software maker parts with research division, which provides data on IT threats, attacks and vulnerabilities.
Tags: Data security
SAP reports revenue drop
News Shares of German software maker SAP fell 5 percent on Tuesday after the company reported that its fourth-quarter software revenue declined by 3 percent compared with the same period last year.
