IDG News Service - ARM showed strong growth in an otherwise weak semiconductor market, with robust demand for smartphone and tablet processors driving profit and revenue growth in the second quarter, the company said on Wednesday. The ...
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An industry analyst firm downgraded its 2012 forecast for the global semiconductor market based on slumping economic conditions and chip revenue. The worldwide chip market, which had been expected to grow by less than 3% for the year, is ...
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Chip company Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday said it would lay off 15 percent of its workforce as it tries to inch back to profitability at a time when the PC market is slumping. The company will lay off close to 1,800 people, and it ...
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Wall Street is expecting higher profit for PPG Industries(PPG)when the company reports its third quarter results on Thursday,October 18,2012.The consensus estimate is calling for profit of$2.21 a share,a rise from$1.96 per share a year ago. ...
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Convenience food group Greencore has reported a rise in third-quarter sales, boosted by growth across its business. The company today (31 July) posted a 6.7% increase in underlying sales for the 13 weeks to 29 June. The 6.7% "core ...
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Intel retained the market leadership in terms of revenues Worldwide semiconductor industry achieved a slower growth in 2011 when compared to 2010 primarily due to the macroeconomic uncertainties in the US and Europe, the earthquake and ...
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Smithfield Foods today (6 December) reported a slump in second-quarter profits but the US pork group's shares rose as underlying earnings beat forecasts. The company booked a 91% drop in net income for the three months to 28 October after ...
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Levi Strauss & Co. announced financial results for the third quarter ended August 26, 2012. Third quarter 2012 net revenues declined 9 percent on a reported basis and 4 percent on a constant currency basis. These results reflect the ...
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Delta Apparel Inc.reported that it achieved record revenue for its fiscal 2013 first quarter ended September 30,2012. Net sales for the fiscal 2013 first quarter were$130.1 million,a 5.3 percent increase over 2012 first quarter sales ...
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The top 20 firms in the glazing and curtainwall industry experienced a total revenue decline in 2011, a $50.2 million reduction in market size from 2010, according to the latest report on the top 600 specialty contractors conducted by ...
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IDG News Service-Chip company Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday said it would lay off 15%of its workforce as it tries to inch back to profitability at a time when the PC market is slumping. The company will lay off close to 1,800 of its ...
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IDG News Service - Laptops and desktops with Intel's next-generation Core processor, code-named Haswell, will be available in the first half of next year, Intel CEO Paul Otellini said during a financial conference call on Tuesday. The ...
Architecture firms have had to cut a third of employees since 2008 as a result of receiving a 40-percent decline in revenue,according to a 2012 American Institute of Architects(AIA)Firm survey. Although the nation rebounded from the ...
IBM and Hewlett-Packard tied for the top position in server factory revenue in the second quarter, with a 29.2% and 29.6% share respectively, IDC said on Tuesday. But Dell was the only vendor among the top five whose server revenue ...
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Advanced Micro Devices hopes to brush off a slow start to compete against ARM and Intel in the Windows 8 tablet market through new customer announcements and future chips. The company will announce between six to 19 tablets for its Z-60 ...
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