News tagged with fourth quarter
Apple's iPhone hot but Android handsets on fire (Update)
An outbreak of iPhone fever made Apple the hottest smartphone maker worldwide at the end of 2011 but handsets powered by Google's Android software were shaping up as true winners in the market.
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Apple to pay dividend, start stock buybacks
Thirty-six years after its founding, Apple Inc. is finally loosening up its purse strings to reward shareholders directly, by instituting a dividend and share buyback program.
Mar 19, 2012 |
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In rare miss, Apple 4Q earnings disappoint (Update)
Apple, the juggernaut of consumer electronics, stumbled in its latest quarter, as the later-than-usual launch of the new iPhone held back sales.
Oct 18, 2011 |
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Android grabs more tablet market share: survey
Tablet computers powered by Google's Android software are increasing their global market share but Apple's iPad still dominates the category, a research firm said Thursday.
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Nokia share price plummets as it lowers outlook
The world's top mobile phone maker Nokia on Tuesday downgraded its second quarter outlook, saying sales would be far lower than expected and that it could no longer give a full-year forecast.
May 31, 2011 |
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Mobile phone sales up six pct in 2008, 4th qtr weak
Mobile phone sales grew by six percent in 2008 over the previous year but fell nearly five percent in the fourth quarter as the global economy weakened, market research firm Gartner said on Tuesday.
Mar 03, 2009 |
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iPad chip designer ARM Holdings posts strong profits
ARM Holdings, the British company whose microchip designs are used to help power Apple's iPads, posted strong fourth-quarter profits Tuesday thanks to keen demand for smarter technology.
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Print, online ad revenue fall at Washington Post
The Washington Post Co. reported a lower fourth-quarter net profit Friday on weakness at its education division and declining print and online advertising revenue at its flagship newspaper.
Feb 24, 2012 |
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Sales of handset arm lifts Sweden's Ericsson in QI
(AP) -- LM Ericsson, the world-leading wireless equipment maker in terms of market share, saw its first quarter profits more than double, largely on the back of proceeds made from the sale of its stake in handset maker Sony ...
Apr 25, 2012 |
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Nielsen: 1.4 percent of those who recently bought smartphones chose Windows phone
Only 1.4 percent of U.S. consumers who said they bought a smartphone in the last three months chose Windows Phone, according to research from Nielsen.
Jan 20, 2012 |
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Samsung coyness puts smartphone crown in dispute
Smartphones are the hottest gadgets in the world. But who's the biggest smartphone maker? We don't really know.
Apr 27, 2012 |
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A year after Microsoft buyout offer made, Yahoo struggles to define itself
Soon after he was named chief executive of Yahoo, Jerry Yang turned to Steve Jobs for advice.
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Groupon reports smaller 1Q loss, higher revenue
(AP) -- Online deals company Groupon Inc. posted a smaller net loss and sharply higher revenue in the first quarter, helped by increased demand from a growing customer base.
May 14, 2012 |
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Calendar year
Generally speaking, a calendar year begins on the New Year's Day of the given calendar system and ends on the day before the following New Year's Day. By convention, a calendar year consists of a natural number of days. To reconcile the calendar year with an astronomical cycle (which could not possibly be reckoned in a whole number of days), certain years contain extra days. Through further insertion of non-day units of time, the calendar year can be further synchronized; however, these extra units of time are not considered part of the calendar.
The Gregorian year begins on January 1 and ends on December 31 with a length of 365 days in an ordinary year and 366 days in a leap year giving an average length of 365.2425 days. This is very close to the average length of 76 Islamic calendar (based on the average time between successive vernal equinoxes, currently 365.2424 days and increasing marginally). Other formula-based calendars can have lengths which are further out of step with the solar cycle, for example, the Julian calendar had an average length of 365.25 days, and the Hebrew calendar has an average length of 365.2468 days.
The astronomer's mean tropical year which is averaged over equinoxes and solstices is currently 365.24219 days, slightly shorter than the average length of the year in most calendars, but astronomer's value changes over time, so William Herschel's suggested correction to the Gregorian calendar may become unnecessary by the year 4000.
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