News tagged with profit margins
Freer budgets help Intel's best-in-a-decade profit
(AP) -- The last time Intel Corp. pulled in profit this big, dot-com delirium was in full swing and Internet fever fueled spectacular computer sales.
Jul 13, 2010 |
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Microfinance tied to economy, study finds
A nation's economy plays a surprisingly large role in the success or failure of microfinance - the practice of making small loans to farmers or business owners too poor to provide collateral, according to a study led by a ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jun 14, 2010 |
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India's wireless auction reaps billions for govt
(AP) -- India's auction of wireless broadband spectrum has brought in a reported $8 billion in fees which could help plug India's fiscal deficit.
Jun 11, 2010 |
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Google 1Q profit rises 37 pct (Update)
(AP) -- Google Inc. is thriving again, and feeling so good about the economy that it's spooking investors.
Apr 15, 2010 |
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Biofuel mandates would make corn shortfall costly, experts say
Grocery shoppers face hefty price increases if bad weather withers a U.S. corn crop that is now tethered to grain-intensive renewable fuel mandates, a new University of Illinois study warns.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Mar 24, 2010 |
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Perfect peas to push profits and cut carbon
Scientists, pea breeders and the food industry are collaborating to discover how taste and tenderness can be determined by biochemistry and genetics. They will work together to hone the make-up of a perfect ...
Mar 08, 2010 |
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Verizon posts 4Q loss on $3B in layoff costs
(AP) -- Verizon Communications Inc. on Tuesday posted an unusual loss for the fourth quarter, as a charge for layoffs in its shrinking landline business overshadowed the growing, and profitable, wireless ...
Jan 26, 2010 |
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Asia's IT parts makers struggle with demand boom
Wrong-footed by rocketing consumer demand, Asian technology suppliers are scrambling to expand capacity before inventories run dry of everything from semiconductors to flat-panel screens.
Jan 17, 2010 |
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Electronic Arts lowers 2010 guidance as sales weak
(AP) -- Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. cut its full-year guidance on Monday, as ongoing weakness in its game disc sales didn't ease up over the holidays as the company had hoped.
Jan 11, 2010 |
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Netbooks popularity expected to continue in 2010
Small and inexpensive "netbooks" were some of the most popular computers in the recession, wooing consumers with their portability and prices that were often below $400. Now with the economy improving, consumers ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 05, 2010 |
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HP profit jumps on cost cuts, new market expansion
(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co.'s cost-cutting and push into new markets is helping soften the blow from weakness in the company's mainstay businesses.
Nov 23, 2009 |
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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.
Nov 10, 2009 |
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EA posts 2Q loss, cutting 17 pct. of work force
(AP) -- Electronic Arts plans to cut its work force by 17 percent as it tries to align its business with a transforming video game industry.
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Intel raises sales forecast; shares jump 4 percent
(AP) -- Intel Corp. raised its third-quarter revenue forecast above Wall Street's expectations Friday, citing strong demand for its chips and giving another signal that business is improving for one of the ...
Aug 28, 2009 |
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Dell's numbers show PC industry staggering back
(AP) -- Dell Inc.'s second-quarter results reinforce what other tech heavyweights have shown recently about the health of the personal-computer industry: it's still wounded by the recession, but is staggering ...
Aug 27, 2009 |
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