News: Business & Finance

• Motorola mobile sales down; 2007 revenue drops 15%
  Matt Hamblen
  Jan 23 2008

  Motorola Inc. Wednesday reported sales of US$36.6 billion for 2007, a drop of about 15% from its 2006 sales of $42.8 billion. The company attributed the drop largely to problems selling mobile ...

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• Falling phone sales hit Motorola Q4 results
  Stephen Lawson
  Jan 23 2008

  Motorola's mobile-phone business continued to lose its signal in the fourth quarter, dragging the company's revenue and profit down.The Schaumburg, Illinois, company has had trouble coming up with a ...

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• Bigger budgets go to strategic IT
  Galen Gruman
  Jan 23 2008

  After years of hearing that investing in IT was a smart strategic plan, business executives seem to have gotten the message, according to a new Gartner CIO survey released Wednesday -- but only when ...

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• PCW's test center director remembered
  PC World staff
  Jan 23 2008

  Ulrike Diehlmann, PC World's Test Center Director, passed away January 17 after a long battle with cancer. She was 46. The countless people who have read, enjoyed, and trusted a PC World review have ...

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• Qimonda delays Singapore plant, slashes capital spending
  Dan Nystedt
  Jan 23 2008

  German DRAM (dynamic RAM) maker Qimonda put the construction of an advanced semiconductor factory in Singapore on hold and slashed its planned capital spending for 2008 after reporting a steep ...

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• Apple stores generated $1.7 billion in Q1 revenue
  Peter Cohen
  Jan 22 2008

  During his quarterly conference call with financial analysts, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer said that US$1.7 billion of Apple's $9.6 billion in revenue was generated through sales at Apple's network of ...

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• Apple reports $1.58 billion profit
  Jim Dalrymple, Philip Michaels and Peter Cohen
  Jan 22 2008

  Apple sold 2.3 million Macs and 22.1 million iPods during the holiday shopping season, helping the company turn a US$1.58-billion profit during its fiscal first quarter. The Mac totals mark the third ...

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• For second straight quarter, Apple breaks Mac sales record
  Gregg Keizer
  Jan 22 2008

  Apple Inc. Tuesday announced it sold 2.3 million Macintosh machines in the three months that ended Dec. 29, 2007, marking the second straight quarter of record sales for its computer line.The company ...

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• UPDATE - Record iPhone, Mac sales boost Apple's earnings
  Agam Shah
  Jan 22 2008

  Apple reported strong quarterly earnings on Tuesday, boosted by record Macintosh computer and iPhone sales.Apple recorded revenue for its first fiscal quarter, ended Dec. 29, of US$9.6 billion, a 35 ...

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• Record iPhone, Mac sales boost Apple's earnings
  Agam Shah
  Jan 22 2008

  Apple on Monday reported strong quarterly earnings, boosted by record Macintosh computer and iPhone sales.Apple recorded net revenue for its first fiscal quarter, ended Dec. 29, of US$9.6 billion, a ...

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