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It's earnings season in the technology world yet again, and as usual, Amazon is one of the big guys worth paying attention. As Apple and Samsung rake in billions in net profit, Amazon has yet again shown that it's really not in the business of clearing absurd numbers. It's just in the business of providing low prices...
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Wondering how Amazon seems to consistently offer excellent pricing on products? Because it barely makes any profit per item sold. In the company's latest quarterly earnings report, we're told that Amazon raked in an astounding $21.27 billion dollars in the past three months alone. No, there's no typographical error...
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When you're on a roll, there's really one two places to go: ahead, or slipping back. Apple did a bit of both with its latest earnings report. While the company proudly proclaimed that Q1 2013 was one for the record books, Wall Street wasn't entirely thrilled. That said, Apple's Q1 2013 did have one fewer week than Q1 2012, so it's tough to...
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Apple is understandably proud of moving 17 million iPhones in its latest quarter, but Samsung has some even more gaudy numbers. The electronics giant just released its Q3 2012 earnings, and they're huge. Really huge. The company posted record operating profits of 8.12 trillion won on consolidated revenues of 52.18...
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With Microsoft trotting out Windows 8, Apple is trotting out some huge, huge numbers in a bid to steal back some of that spotlight. The company's Q4 2012 earnings report just came out, and while some of the figures missed Wall Street's debatable inflated expectations, it's hard to argue with what it has going on. It...
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With earnings season comes yet another glorious release from Samsung. The owner of the Galaxy line of phones and tablets is all smiles following its Q2 2012 earnings report, which details a record operating profit of 6.72 trillion won on consolidated revenues of 47.6 trillion won. In U.S. currency, that's about $5.86 billion in operating profit....
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It's earnings season, and Apple is once again at the forefront. The company has become something of a spectacle in recent years, seemingly unable to not turn a ridiculous profit every chance it gets. Lately, it has felt like one record quarter after another, and while Q3 2012 wasn't quite as amazing as its last...
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You may think that Microsoft would be losing steam as people hold off on the release of Windows 8 -- not so much. The company is forging ahead, full-steam, too, with a "record Q4." Along with a few other companies in the space this week, Microsoft also released its latest earnings report. The big number is $18.06 billion, which is how much...
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You could argue that the economy is still rebounding, but not if you're Intel. The chip giant is raking in money like it's no big thing, with second quarter earnings showing a revenue score of $13.5 billion. That's right. $13.5 billion earned in a single quarter. Must be nice to be the king, you know? The corporation managed operating income...
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It’s been a good year for Lenovo; the company announced its full-year 2011/2012 fiscal results, which include record numbers for sales, income, and market share. The big announcement is that Lenovo now claims the mantle of world’s second-largest PC vendor, a feat made more impressive as it began the year...
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With Apple announcing yesterday that well over 30 million iPhones were sold last quarter, surely Sprint had a hand in helping out there, right? Right. But they didn't ship nearly as many as Verizon, AT&T or a lot of other global carriers. According to the carrier's numbers, they managed to sell around 1.5 million...
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Microsoft is doing a bit of celebrating right now, if we had to guess. The company just wrapped up another quarter, and the profits are rolling in. They today announced quarterly revenue of $20.89 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2011, a 5% increase from the prior year period. Operating income, net income, and...
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It's the quarter-end for HP, also known as the corporate overlord that just can't make up its mind about anything. On its second CEO this year (and third in not-too-much longer), the company's Q4 2011 earnings are nothing to scoff at. Despite the turmoil, money seems to be flowing into HP's coffers like beer out of a...
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Know what time it is? If you're a mega-corp, it's money-making time. Q3 2011 earnings have been pouring in for a few weeks now, with NVIDIA being the latest to chime in. The company's third-quarter results are quite impressive, with revenue increasing 4.9% to $1.07 billion from $1.02 billion in the previous quarter. GAAP net income was $178.3...
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Quarter-end earnings reports have been rolling out profusely over the past week or so, and HTC's keeping the profit wheel turning with their latest results. The Taiwan-based smartphone maker saw net income soar to NT$18.68 billion (around $624 million)in this quarter, which represents a 68% increase over Q3 2010 and a 7% jump over last quarter....
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While Occupy Wall Street surges on, corporate profits are still hitting new highs. Intel and Apple already celebrated accordingly over the past week, and now it's Microsoft's turn. Of course, nailing down Android-related cross-licensing agreements can't hurt -- after all, it's not like Microsoft can complain with making money each time a rival...
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Numbers and charts, numbers and charts. It's that time again -- time for earnings! Apple already announced some pretty spectacular numbers in their latest earnings report, and now it's Intel's turn. The company revealed a record $14.3 billion, up $3.2 billion, or 29 percent year-over-year. The gross margin was 64.4 percent, down 1.7 percentage...
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Apple just keeps bringing home the bacon. But would you really expect anything different? The company has been breaking their own records for years now, and just when think they may have hit a wall, another wall gets torn down. This week, Apple announced financial results for its fiscal 2011 fourth quarter ended...
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NVIDIA’s CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, Rob Csongor (Investor Relations), and Karen Burns (Interim CFO) hosted a conference call yesterday to discuss the company’s Q2 earnings for fiscal year 2012. The financial data looks good for NVIDIA, but the always outspoken Jen-Hsun Huang also revealed a few interesting bits...
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Times may have been tough for the corporate world in 2009, but things are definitely different now that it's 2011. A lot of companies are finishing up their 2010 earnings with Q4 announcements this week, with Amazon having a particularly great outlook. The company managed to score their first $10 billion quarter (talking about sales), with...
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Is there any stopping Apple? Who knows. Just a day after Steve Jobs shook the core of Wall Street by announcing that he was leaving for medical reasons (temporarily, we're left to assume), the company's first quarter earnings results were able to turn the frowns upside-down. Apple has been on a real streak of late...
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2009 and the struggles that came with it must feel like a century ago for Intel. This week, Intel released their latest quarterly earnings numbers, and they're really impressive. Intel managed to gather $11.1 billion in revenue, with a gross margin of 66%, an operating income of $4.1 billion and a net income of $3.0 billion. That represents...
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