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Analysts: Apple and Samsung account for 100% of smartphone industry profits

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:53:05 +0100

A new reports from analysts claims that Apple and Samsung account for all the profits in the smartphone industry over the past quarter. That's down from previous years when they were above 100%. Read more...

LG sees 20 percent smartphones sales increase in Q1 2013

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:04:34 +0100

LG has published its financial report for the first quarter of the year and it brings some good news. They have sold more than 10 million smartphones, an increase of 20% over their holiday quarter. Read more...

Nokia Q1 2013 results: 5.6m Lumias sold, 150m euro loss but good overall results

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:17:38 +0100

Nokia has published its financial report for Q1 2013. Despite selling 5.6m Lumias, the company suffered a small loss but its overall health is a lot better than it was last year. Read more...

The Galaxy brand raises Samsung's profits to astronomical levels

Andrew Stevenson — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:16:56 +0000

Samsung, unlike some mobile manufacturers, are celebrating a fifth consecutive record profit for Q4 2012. The reason? The Galaxy range of phones and tablets selling in their droves of course! Read more...

Poor HTC, profits down yet again

Andrew Stevenson — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:46:29 +0000

HTC - Quietly brilliant yes, but publicly haemorrhaging money. A 91% drop in profits for Q4 of 2012 has been announced, but CEO Peter Chou is optimistic for 2013 after a rough 2012. Read more...

Google profits skyrocket by moving revenue to shell company

Anthony Tosie — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:29:17 +0000

Google is coming under fire today for a recent relevation that it saved about $2 billion in worldwide income taxes by shifting nearly $10 billion of its revenues to a shell company in Bermuda. Read more...

Samsung to report record quarterly profit

Andrew Stevenson — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:50:03 +0100

Following strong sales of the Galaxy SIII handset and a high profile court case against Apple, Samsung are set to announce record quarterly profits of $7.3 billion for July to September. Read more...

Apple: We don't care about the money, just great products

Andy Weir — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:12:57 +0100

For the world's most valuable company, with cash reserves of $117bn, money seems to be the driving force behind its success. Not so, says Apple's design chief: "Our goal is to make great products." Read more...

Facebook shares reach all-time low

Paul Ferson — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:54:27 +0100

Facebook's stock prices reached an all-time low on Tuesday's trading, having declined 43% since their initial availability in May. Stocks were trading at just over $20 on the markets during the day. Read more...

Google announces first quarter 2010 financial results

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:14:34 +0100

Today Google has announced their financial earnings for the first quarter of 2010. The first quarter ended March 31, 2010, with a reported revenue of $6.77 billion. Compared to the first quarter results... Read more...

Where do Microsoft's profits come from?

Benjamin Rubenstein — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:28:48 +0000

It's hard to fathom how much money a company such as Microsoft makes a year. In 2009, Microsoft's net income was 14.569 billion dollars. It is the most profitable software company on planet Earth. But... Read more...

Microsoft dropped Vista hardware spec to raise Intel profits

Steven Parker — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:39:24 +0000

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According to an email sent last February by Microsoft general manager John Kalkman, the software giant lowered Windows Vista's minimum hardware requirements to ridiculous levels only because Intel needed to sell more graphics chipsets. The... Read more...

Apple Profits Surge 67%

Sagittarius — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:27:55 +0100

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Electronics maker Apple Inc. (formerly Apple Computer) saw profits surge by 67% in the three months to the end of September, thanks to demand for its widely popular Mac computers and iPods. The company also... Read more...

Samsung Expects Rising Q3 Chip Profits

Sagittarius — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:17:22 +0100

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South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest maker of computer memory chips, expects third-quarter operating profit in its memory chip business to double or triple from the previous quarter, according to Chu Woo-sik, chief... Read more...

Sprint-Nextel Q2 Profits Beat Expectations

Sagittarius — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:48:07 +0100

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Wireless provider Sprint Nextel Corp. on Wednesday said second-quarter profits dropped sharply on takeover costs and expenses tied to its planned rollout of a WiMax network. The Reston, Virginia-based company, with operational headquarters in Overland... Read more...

AMD Claims Intel Collected $60 Billion in Illegal Profits

Sagittarius — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:47:04 +0100

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The latest development in a pending antitrust suit by CPU manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) against its cheif rival, Intel, comes in the form of a glimpse at the case AMD will present in a... Read more...

Google Profits Lower Than Expected

Lt-DavidW — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:40:49 +0100

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Web search giant Google saw its profits jump 28% to $925m (Â£451m) over the past three months, but the figure was not as good as analysts had hoped for. Compared to the same period in... Read more...

Sony Announces 68 Per Cent Drop in Profits

Joe Cashman — Wed, 16 May 2007 18:04:37 +0100

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Sony has announced that the launch of the PlayStation 3 has contributed to a 68 per cent drop in operating profits to JPY 71.8 billion (EUR 438.3 million) for the year ended March 31, compared... Read more...

Sony Profits Fall, But End of Year Forecast Rises

Joe Cashman — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:22:09 +0000

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Sony's net profits for the three months to 31 December fell to 159.9bn yen ($1.3bn; Â£669m) from 168.9bn yen the three months before, a drop in 5.3%. The huge losses were down to the gaming... Read more...

Microsoft Posts Record Quarterly Sales, But Profits Fall 28%

Slimy — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:46:47 +0000

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Microsoft said net income for its fiscal second quarter (three months ending December 31) fell 28% to $2.63 billion as delays in shipping Windows Vista pushed some profits and revenue to the third quarter. The... Read more...