Sales/revenue
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Microsoft cutting 5,000 jobs on weak results
News Software maker announces financial results well below expectations and plans to cut 5,000 jobs over 18 months. Some 1,400 jobs will be cut immediately.
Tags: Handhelds, Layoffs, Forecasting, Sales/revenue, Microsoft Corp., Workforce, software company, Sales, layoff, Forecasting
Retailers must innovate amid downturn
News Through ICT, Malaysian retailers can be leaner and more agile to respond to changing market forces and provide services that better meet changing consumer needs.
Tags: Strategic analysis, Customer resource management (CRM), Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Data warehousing/business intelligence, Software, eBay Inc., Information And Communication Technology, Malaysia, Lifestyle Segmentation, sales revenue
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
Alcatel-Lucent grows Australian business
News Telecommunications vendor's Australian revenues in calendar year 2008 grew US$35 million to reach a total of US$700 million.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, LANs and WANs, Sales/revenue, Alcatel, Telecommunications, Sales, FTTH, Telstra Corp., internal network, network
Samsung wants 30 percent of Thai handset pie
News Samsung has set itself an ambitious target of capturing a 30 percent share in the mobile handset market in Thailand on sales revenue of US$257 million this year.
Tags: Handhelds, Best strategies, Business plans, Sales/revenue, Forecasting, Sales strategy, Sales, Korean company, mobile handset, Forecasting
Hitachi's 'green' refrigerator turns out blue
News Hitachi Appliances lied about the level of green in its refrigerators, according to reports.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Hitachi Ltd., Compensation, Sales, sales revenue, Advertisement, Japan, Fair Trade Commission, carbon dioxide, revenue
How will HP weather the storm?
News The PC makers' broad portfolio of products and services should mean a ray of sunshine for an otherwise gloomy PC market.
Tags: Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Sales/revenue, Hewlett-Packard Co., Acer Inc., PC Company, Sales, Notebook, Financial Climate, PC Business
Netbooks a nail in Microsoft's coffin?
Insight perspective What's behind Microsoft's hard times? It's not just the economic downturn--it's also a fundamental shift in enterprise hardware, says analyst.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Microsoft Windows, Sales/revenue, Microsoft Corp., Security, Quocirca, Hardware, software, Laptop Computer, financial
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
Can Microsoft retail succeed where others have failed?
Insight commentary Apple stands out as the big exception but the history of tech companies trying their hand at operating their own retail stores is grim.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Sales/revenue, Sales, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Apple Macintosh, dot-com, AST Computers, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
As expected Warner Music, YouTube make up
News Companies sign multi-year deal that will bring label's videos back to YouTube and enable users to include Warner's music in their clips.
Tags: Web sites, Sales/revenue, Web 2.0, Warner Music Group Corp., Video, YouTube Inc., agreement, licensing agreement, Sales/revenue, Web 2.0
YouTube finds new place for ad spots
News The click-to-buy overlays that typically have enabled users to buy a song from iTunes or Amazon now will feature ads.
Tags: Web 2.0, Sales/revenue, Music Video, Apple iTunes, Google Inc., Real Estate, Video, Advertisement, Amazon.com Inc., YouTube Inc.
Retail e-commerce falls 3 percent in fourth quarter
News It's the first quarterly decline for online retail sales in at least eight years, according to a report released Thursday by ComScore.
Tags: Layoffs, Sales/revenue, Forecasting, E-business, E-commerce Sale, Video, Sales, Staples Inc., Forecasting, ComScore Networks Inc.
IE market share drops, Firefox gains
News Microsoft's Internet Explorer is continuing to lose market share to rival browsers Firefox, Safari and Google Chrome, according to new Web metrics.
Tags: Web browsers, Browser, Forecasting, Sales/revenue, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Chrome, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Forecasting
Despite net loss, Yahoo beats the Street
News The Internet pioneer reports a net loss, but excluding various charges, it beats out Wall Street expectations. New CEO Carol Bartz steers people toward the bright side.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Forecasting, Recruiting, Acquisitions, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Forecasting, net income, CEO
