News tagged with operating profit margin

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 ...

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created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

iPad dominates due to Apple's supply deals

Apple certainly has lots of buzz and corporate cache behind its products, but there's a hidden - almost mundane - reason its newest iPad is likely to dominate the competition: the advantageous deals the company ...

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created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 1.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Taiwan's HTC expects 30 percent sales plunge in 1Q

Taiwan's leading smartphone maker HTC forecast Monday that its revenue in the three months to March may plunge 30 percent from a year ago, as competitors Apple and Samsung take their grip on the market.

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created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nokia to launch Microsoft platform phones in 2011

Finnish handset maker Nokia Corp. plans to introduce its first mobile phones using the Microsoft Windows operating system this year, the company's chief executive said Tuesday.

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created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

SAP posts sharp profit drop due to Oracle lawsuit

German professional software maker SAP posted on Wednesday a sharp drop in fourth quarter earnings owing to a defeat in a court case involving US rival Oracle.

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created Jan 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Yahoo's holiday trimming cuts work force 4 pct

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. is reducing its work force 4 percent as it hands out 600 layoff notices for the holidays.

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created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Yahoo CEO pledges to boost profit margins

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Carol Bartz promised Tuesday to turn around the struggling Internet company after this year's "terrible" performance.

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created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

SAP posts better-than-expected net profit

SAP, the German professional software giant, posted a better than expected second quarter profit on Wednesday, and said it would maintain tight cost controls for the remainder of the year.

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created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0